15 November 2018 A resuscitation officer at the trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, who has landed a place in the London Marathon, has come up with a unique plan to boost her fundraising, while teaching people valuable skills which could save a life. Nicola Bishton will be running the London Marathon next April Nicola Bishton, who [...]
14 November 2018 Staff at the Princess Royal Hospital went the extra mile to help a patient who had recently become homeless. Stuart Ansell The patient was brought onto the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) – a specialist unit for medical emergencies – last week. Through speaking to the patient, staff discovered that the clothes he was wearing were [...]
14 November 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) strives to give the safest and kindest care to all mums and babies we look after. Most of the time birth is a normal, natural and joyous event. Very occasionally a birth does not go well. Sometimes that is unavoidable - a baby may have conditions that are [...]
13 November 2018 They have been carefully created to help youngsters cope with their grief following the death of a loved one. These handmade bereavement bags have been filled with a hand knitted teddy bear, colouring pens and paper – alongside information on dealing with bereavement. There will even be a coloured memory stone inside for the child as a [...]
13 November 2018 Staff past and present attended the official opening of The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre – along with some of the families who have been helped by the clinic over the last 15 years. Councillor Peter Nutting plants the tree The centre, which is one of the top IVF clinics in the country, relocated from [...]
12 November 2018 The following information is from our partners at the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund. As the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund prepares to mark 40 years of making a positive difference to lives affected by cancer in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales in June 2019, the Charity has decided to launch a members’ club for local people [...]
9 November 2018 A teenager who will turn 16 in two weeks’ time is planning a fundraising trek up one of Shropshire’s most recognisable landmarks to raise money for a hospital team who saved her life when she was just six weeks old. Harriet Bagguley Harriet Bagguley is planning to climb the Wrekin with friends and family to [...]
8 November 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to receive additional support as it seeks to address historic issues in the way its services are delivered. NHS Improvement (NHSI) today announced that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) would be placed into ‘special measures’, which will provide increased support and oversight from NHSI to [...]
8 November 2018 SaTH is to hold its first ever Cancer Conference featuring a host of speakers including Chris Pointon, husband of the inspiring Dr Kate Granger MBE and co-founder of the #hellomynameis campaign. The Conference, entitled ‘Cancer: Advancing into the Future’ is being sponsored by Macmillan Cancer Support, and will take place on Friday (9 November) at the Shropshire [...]
7 November 2018 A hospital ward with a higher than average vacancy rate has transformed the way it works to make it a more attractive place for staff, while offering a safer and kinder environment for patients. The team on the gastroenterology and colorectal surgery wards at RSH Recruiting nurses to work on gastroenterology and colorectal surgery wards [...]
