Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

Successful trial leads to Park & Ride service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

8 May 2025 Patients and visitors to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will benefit from a Park & Ride bus service after a successful trial. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), Shropshire Council and Arriva launched the trial in January which allowed patients and visitors to use the existing staff bus service. As a result of the successful trial, [...]

Successful trial leads to Park & Ride service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital2025-05-08T12:00:27+01:00

Work to build new wards at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital set to restart

7 May 2025 Work to install two new wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is set to restart this month. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has appointed a new contractor, ModuleCo, to progress the scheme. Survey and enabling works are expected to continue during Spring with Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP) construction partner Integrated Health Projects [...]

Work to build new wards at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital set to restart2025-05-07T12:48:05+01:00

Food hub opens as RAAC work progresses at Princess Royal Hospital

30 April 2025 Mo Robson serves AJ, a security officer at the PRH A new temporary food hub has opened at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford as work progresses to safely remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). The kitchen and Apley restaurant at PRH have been closed since the RAAC was identified in Autumn 2023. The [...]

Food hub opens as RAAC work progresses at Princess Royal Hospital2025-04-30T10:42:38+01:00

Top up your protection against COVID-19

Top up your protection against COVID-19 by getting vaccinated this spring if you are eligible. Those at increased risk from severe illness can get the vaccine, including those aged 75 or over (on 17 June 2025), people with a weakened immune system or who live in an older adult care home. You can now book your spring COVID-19 vaccine [...]

Top up your protection against COVID-192025-04-15T11:26:12+01:00

Hospital chaplain gets patients moving and dancing

11 April 2025 With the help of a chaplain and his guitar, hospital patients are being encouraged to move and dance to help prevent the decline of mobility and muscle strength. If patients are bed-bound whilst in hospital this can lead Hospital Associated Deconditioning (HAD). So, with his guitar, multi-faith chaplain Kevin Place visits wards, playing songs and encouraging [...]

Hospital chaplain gets patients moving and dancing2025-04-11T10:08:50+01:00

Health professionals urge: ‘Plan ahead for Easter Bank Holiday’

4 April 2025 As the Easter Bank Holiday approaches, health professionals within local community pharmacies and at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are urging people across the county to plan ahead for their medication needs to ensure they have essential prescriptions in time. With General Practices closed on Good Friday (18 April 2025) and Easter Monday (21 April 2025), it [...]

Health professionals urge: ‘Plan ahead for Easter Bank Holiday’2025-04-04T11:25:43+01:00

Hospital trust signs Sexual Safety Charter

2 April 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has pledged its commitment to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter. By signing up to the Sexual Safety Charter, SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, has committed to a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours towards staff. Sexual [...]

Hospital trust signs Sexual Safety Charter2025-04-02T09:25:24+01:00

Site changes at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital from Thursday 3 April

We will be opening a temporary drop off area for patients and visitors at the front of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital off the main roundabout onto the site on Thursday 3 April. The area is to temporarily replace parking and drop-off facilities outside the Copthorne building and will be for patients and visitors accessing services including: Ophthalmology/Eye department and [...]

Site changes at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital from Thursday 3 April2025-04-01T11:14:44+01:00

Work to begin to safely remove RAAC at Princess Royal Hospital

19 March 2025 Specialist teams will soon begin work to safely remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) found in a kitchen area at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). The safety of patients, staff and visitors will be a priority during the work and following completion, the hospital’s restaurant and kitchens will be upgraded, improving the experience for all who [...]

Work to begin to safely remove RAAC at Princess Royal Hospital2025-04-03T16:36:35+01:00

First phase of remodelling work nearing completion at RSH Emergency Department

Friday 7 March Works to modernise and redesign the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) are well under way with the first phase of work on track for completion at the end of the month. The improvements to RSH ED at The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust (SaTH) include larger purpose-built resuscitation bays new larger patient [...]

First phase of remodelling work nearing completion at RSH Emergency Department2025-03-07T15:54:25+00:00