Volunteers transporting blood to hospitals and hospices across three counties have celebrated a momentous milestone in Bishop s Castle. Bill C, a rider with Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes, completed the service s 25,000th job on Easter Sunday, April 4. He collected a sample from a health worker at Bishop s Castle Community Hospital and delivered it to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The emergency volunteer service charity provides urgent transportation of medical items for the National Health Service and hospices across Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. A photo was posted on the SSC Blood Bikes Twitter page of a health worker holding the special package next to the blood bike motorcycle before being transported 22 miles to the hospital in Shrewsbury.
Family doctors and their teams in Bishop s Castle have helped vaccinate their first care home since the roll-out began. Bishop s Castle Medical Practice said it now hopes to start vaccinating more patients in the area very soon . Earlier today, Shropshire Council announced that Ludlow has been chosen for one of the county s vaccination centres. The centre will open in early February. On Monday, a Bishop s Castle Medical Practice spokesperson said: We are very pleased to confirm that we vaccinated our first care home at the weekend. We hope to be able to start vaccinating our general population very soon and will update you all as soon we can.