Official opening for The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre

6 November 2018 The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre will celebrate its move to a new state-of-the-art facility with an official opening on Saturday 10 November – when staff will be joined by families who have been helped by the service. The centre, which is one of the top IVF clinics in the country, moved to the Severn Fields Health [...]

Official opening for The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre2019-09-20T14:22:28+01:00

Third cohort of Trainee Nurses Associates

5 November 2018 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is delighted to announce that a third cohort of Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) have enrolled onto a Nursing Associate programme. Twenty one HCAs from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have joined the two-year programme, which is hosted by Staffordshire University. The exciting and innovative role will sit [...]

Third cohort of Trainee Nurses Associates2018-11-07T11:05:35+00:00

Mums enjoying skin-to-skin contact with newborn babies

2 November 2018 Almost every mother at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has had skin-to-skin bonding with their newborn babies, the latest figures show. Immediate skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby has "lasting benefits" for both, according to experts, including protecting babies from infection and encouraging them to breastfeed. The latest year-to-date figures show that 2,327 of [...]

Mums enjoying skin-to-skin contact with newborn babies2018-11-02T11:23:18+00:00

Patients being given back their independence thanks to creative ‘wash table’ team

1 November 2018 Patients needing a high level of care are being given back their independence thanks to a creative team at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Anthony Dukes was the first patient to use the new ‘wash table’ and described it as ‘marvellous’. Also pictured, from left, Susie Price (Healthcare Assistant), Corrin Dorsett (Ward Manager) and Sean Roberts [...]

Patients being given back their independence thanks to creative ‘wash table’ team2018-11-01T16:14:58+00:00

SaTH leading the way in protecting NHS staff against violence and aggression

1 November 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are leading the way in protecting staff from violence and aggression. This week Matt Hancock, MP, the Secretary of State for Health, set out new measures to protect NHS staff to try to reduce the thousands of assaults on them that take place every year. Measures in the NHS Violence Reduction Strategy include: [...]

SaTH leading the way in protecting NHS staff against violence and aggression2018-11-01T12:40:26+00:00