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This report from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) provides advice and recommendations to Health Minister Lord Markham about the concerns raised by Telford & Wrekin Council to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Transformation Programme.

The NHS proposal aims to reconfigure health services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford which are both led by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and are part of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System.

The independent report discusses:

• the provision of NHS healthcare in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin for the residents of mid Wales
• the NHS capital funding allocation
• the A&E Local model at the Princess Royal Hospital
• ambulance response times and transfers between the hospital sites
• changes to population demographics
• recommendations for the future of NHS services in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

It follows previous IRP advice to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in Shrewsbury and Telford which was published in 2019.