8 November 2019 A 24-hour flu ‘Jabathon’ will be held at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals for staff to be vaccinated to protect themselves, their patients and their colleagues this winter. Hundreds of staff are expected to be vaccinated during the Jabathon, which will start at 9.30am on Wednesday (13 November) and run until 9.30am on Thursday (14 November), at both [...]
7 November 2019 A generous donation has been made to the Oncology and Haematology Ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in memory of a patient. Cheryl Cranswick spent much time on Ward 23 RSH during her illness and her family requested that funeral donations be made in her name to help future patients receiving treatment there. Cheryl’s husband, Ed [...]
6 November 2019 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has developed an e-learning programme to support maternity and emergency teams treating unexpectedly unwell newborn babies in community settings, in partnership with Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) and The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Wendy Tyler The Midwifery Identification, Stabilisation and Transfer [...]
5 November 2019 SaTH has received the highest grade for infection control following a recent inspection by NHS regulators. The Trust improved its position to ‘Infection Prevention Level Green’ - the highest of three assessment gradings - after a visit from NHS England & NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) in October. Dr Debra Adams, NHSE/I’s Head of Infection Prevention and Control for [...]
4 November 2019 Children undergoing treatment at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will be given bravery bags which have been created by young people following a fundraising drive. Dianne receives the gift bags The bags contains items such as toys, books and colouring pens and are being donated to patients at the Children’s Outpatients Department at RSH. The [...]
1 November 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is looking for a pair of keen cyclists to take part in one of the world’s most prestigious festivals of cycling. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has secured two places at the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, part of the 2020 Ride London event. Now the Trust is looking [...]
