Experience of Care Week

18 April 2019 The work of staff who provide care for patients, families and carers will be celebrated next week when the trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals takes part in Experience of Care Week. Experience of Care Week is an international initiative, running from 22 April to 26 April, which recognises the value of each health worker’s contribution [...]

Experience of Care Week2019-04-18T12:30:17+01:00

Hospital team develops newspaper to help cancer patients

17 April 2019 A team at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has developed its own newspaper to help cancer patients understand more about their treatment. Bernadette Mortiboy shows the newspaper to patient William Fearson The Radiotherapy Team based at the Lingen Davies Centre has produced Radiotherapy News, a monthly newsletter which provides information about what’s happening in the department, [...]

Hospital team develops newspaper to help cancer patients2019-04-17T09:03:18+01:00

Theatre worker to run London Marathon in memory of her sister

16 April 2019 A member of staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is preparing to run next week’s London Marathon in memory of her sister, who died from a brain tumour at the age of just 10. Lena Riemke-Maw, an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) at the Trust will take part in the world famous race on [...]

Theatre worker to run London Marathon in memory of her sister2019-04-16T09:29:30+01:00

Hospital team aims to reduce Neonatal admissions

15 April 2019 A team at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is developing new ways of working to try to reduce the number of full-term babies unexpectedly admitted onto the Neonatal Unit. As part of a national project called ATAIN (Avoiding Term Admissions Into Neonatal units) to reduce admissions, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) [...]

Hospital team aims to reduce Neonatal admissions2019-04-15T14:24:43+01:00

Trainee surgeon wins gold at British University Taekwondo Championships

12 April 2019 A surgeon at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has won a gold medal at the British University Taekwondo Championships. SaTH surgeon Shko Resool with his gold medal Shko Resool, a Surgical Trainee in Vascular Surgery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and [...]

Trainee surgeon wins gold at British University Taekwondo Championships2019-04-12T09:41:14+01:00

New clinical staff join SaTH  

11 April 2019 More than 150 new clinical members of staff have joined SaTH in the last three months as part of a pledge to recruit more to its ranks. Targeted recruitment drives and specialist overseas trips have bolstered the clinical workforce at the Trust, which will help to improve care for patients and their families – and support the [...]

New clinical staff join SaTH  2019-04-11T13:13:41+01:00

Trust appoints Interim Director of Nursing

11 April 2019 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has appointed an Interim Director of Nursing. Barbara Beal Barbara Beal will join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, in May. Barbara is currently Interim Chief Nurse of London North West University Healthcare [...]

Trust appoints Interim Director of Nursing2019-04-11T12:09:51+01:00

Ward area transformed by hospital staff into a town square

10 April 2019 Ward staff and dementia specialists at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) have joined forces to transform an uninspiring day room into a town square complete with a café, newsagent and views of St Chad’s Church. The ‘Shrewsbury Scene’ has been created in a space on Ward 21 which was (previously used [...]

Ward area transformed by hospital staff into a town square2019-04-12T09:54:53+01:00

Shropshire Larder website launched to help people in food poverty

10 April 2019 The following information is from the Food Poverty Alliance A new website has been launched to help people in Shropshire who are struggling to afford a healthy diet. The Shropshire Larder website brings together local information on how to eat well on a budget, how to access money advice, and the location of foodbanks and other community [...]

Shropshire Larder website launched to help people in food poverty2019-04-10T10:33:18+01:00

Family’s donation as a thank you for end of life care

9 April 2019 The family of a woman who was allowed to leave hospital to spend her last days at home with her family have donated money from her funeral to the End of Life Care service at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Louise Wardle was an inpatient on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). She sadly [...]

Family’s donation as a thank you for end of life care2021-06-17T10:26:29+01:00