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Productive meeting about healthcare
21 July 2017 Senior leaders at Shropshire’s acute trust reaffirmed their support for Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) during a productive meeting with North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson today (21 July 2017). Last month the Board of [...]
High demand at our A&E Departments
19 July 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals are very busy and people are asked to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time consuming, is really necessary. The A&E Departments [...]
Thunderbirds are go for Craig as he prepares for charity rally
Wednesday 19 July 2017 Craig with the Jaguar Thunderbirds are go for a Shropshire hospital technician who has transformed a Jaguar into a vehicle from the classic television show to raise [...]
SaTH part of pioneering project to develop next generation of targeted therapies
19 July 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking part in NHS England’s pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project. Helen Moore, Clinical Trials Manager at SaTH, takes bloods as part of the [...]
Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals join ground-breaking improvement initiative
18 July 2017 Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have been selected to join Q – an initiative aiming to support continuous improvement in the quality of care for patients. Mark Cheetham (Scheduled Care Group [...]
New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units
Press release issued on behalf of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group: Date: 13 July 2017 New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units [...]
Almost £60,000 funding boost to improve the safety of maternity services
11 July 2017 Shropshire’s maternity service has been awarded almost £60,000 to deliver training to improve safety. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the service was awarded £59,882 from Health Education [...]
Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRH
11 July 2017 A 230ft high crane has now removed an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) – to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the [...]
Hospital staff don pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis
6 July 2017 Hospital staff in Shropshire donned their pyjamas to highlight a campaign which is designed to help patients recover more quickly – by simply maintaining their daily routine. Staff on Ward 11 [...]
Trust wins national award for cancer app
5 July 2017 Mr Andy Elves, Consultant Urologist; Sheena Khanduri, Clinical Lead for Cancer Services and Richard Pope, Clinical Director for Dynamic Health Systems, who helped develop the app, with the award. An [...]