Inquiry after "never event" at Shropshire hospital trust
The issue was raised at a SaTH Quality and Safety Assurance Committee meeting on 27 May, with the board taking up the matter at a meeting on Thursday.The trust's ophthalmology department works across the county, with outpatient departments in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.There are outreach clinics in Whitchurch and Welshpool.Complex eye surgery is performed in Shrewsbury, and there is a cataract suite on site.Paediatric eye surgery is carried out in Telford.
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