The Princess Royal to visit Shropshire today
The Princess Royal is in Shropshire today, visiting Harper Adams University and the new £28 million Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre.
Beginning the day Harper Adams University in Edgmond, the Princess who is Chancellor of the university will open the new Veterinary Services Centre and Entomology Laboratories.
Her Royal Highness will then travel to Telford to officially open The new £28 million Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre at the Princess Royal Hospital.
The Princess will be given a tour of the Centre and will visit areas including the Children’s Oncology and Haematology Department, the Postnatal Ward, the Walker Trust Suite and the Neonatal Ward. She will then be invited to unveil a plaque marking the official opening of the Centre and sign the guest book.
She will also be introduced to staff from the Centre including Mrs Cathy Smith, Women and Children’s Care Group Director and Head of Midwifery and Mr Andrew Tapp, Women and Children’s Care Group Medical Director, as well as Mrs Kate Shaw, Programme Manager for the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre development.
Mr Andrew Tapp said: “Many members of the Trust worked extremely hard in preparing for the move to the new Centre and that hard work has continued since we opened to the public in September.
“The visit by the Princess Royal to open the Centre officially is a wonderful way to acknowledge the work that has gone on so far and look to the future as we begin our first full year in the building.”
