A NEW head of clinical services is joining Ludlow and Bishop's Castle Community Hospitals.

Rachael Brown left her post of clinical services manager at Ludlow and Bishop's Castle Community Hospitals at the end of July.

She will take up a new project at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust addressing the problem of timely discharges and focusing on reducing delayed discharges.

Rachael Brown came to Ludlow just as the new hospital build was cancelled and she and her team had to cope with demands to reduce in-patient facilities.

Her successor, who will join in October, is Holly Bowles who is currently physio service lead at Papworth Hospital.

Holly Bowles has close family ties already in Ludlow and is looking forward to new challenges and re-locating to the town.