04/12/2017 - Permalink

Walk-in birth registration service launched at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

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News from our partners Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

A walk-in birth registration service is now available in the Maternity Unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH).

The Shropshire Council service, which launched end of November 2017, is available on Mondays and Thursdays between 9.30am and midday, and 12.45pm to 4pm. It is based in the main corridor before the Midwife Led Unit, which is accessible through the Ophthalmology entrance.

For those whose babies were born in the Shropshire Council area, they can purchase birth certificates at a cost of £4 each. For those whose babies were born outside the Shropshire Council area, for example, in Telford & Wrekin, Powys and Staffordshire, parents can make a declaration of particulars, but no certificate will be issued by the registrar. Payment for the certificate should be made with the registration service where the baby was born.

Anthea Gregory Page, Deputy Head of Midwifery at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the RSH, said:

“SaTH, in collaboration with Shropshire Council, are very pleased to announce that the registrar of births has returned to Shrewsbury maternity once more. This newly-revised service will enable parents to have greater choice when it comes to registering the birth of their baby.”

Lee Chapman, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for health, adult social care and housing, added:

“I am really pleased that our registrars service has returned to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.  Being able to register your baby at the hospital is far more convenient for the new parents.”

For more information about registering a birth in Shropshire, visit http://shropshire.gov.uk/births-and-marriages/register-a-birth/.

Further information:

  • The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital care for almost 500,000 people from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Patients come to us from Telford, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Newtown and Welshpool in Powys.
  • The Trust continues to work with its partners in health and social care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales to develop patient-focused services that meet the needs of our communities.
  • If you have any feedback about local healthcare, independent support and signposting is available from Healthwatch Shropshire, Healthwatch Telford and Wrekin and Powys Community Health Council (CHC):