23 October 2020 Visiting has been suspended to all wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This decision has not been made lightly and aims to reduce the number of people coming into the hospitals, in order to protect patients. The changes are now in effect and will remain [...]
16 October 2020 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have taken delivery of two new Sensory Carts to help relax and calm patients living with dementia, and children with delayed learning - thanks to Captain Sir Tom Moore’s incredible fundraising. Captain Tom’s fundraising for NHS Charities Together has enabled The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
13 October 2020 Healthcare providers for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales have come together to celebrate Allied Healthcare Professions (AHPs) Day, which takes place on 14 October. AHPs are the third largest workforce in the NHS covering 14 different professions, 11 of which are represented by The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (SaTH), Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom), [...]
12 October 2020 Due to ongoing work on the Same Day Emergency Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, alternative pedestrian access will be in place this week. On October 13 and 14, pedestrian access will be: 7am - 6pm: via Outpatients 6pm - 7am: via the Emergency Department door marked "Ambulance Entrance".
12 October 2020 The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has fined The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust £4,000 in relation to the triage of patients in our Emergency Departments. A spokesperson for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “We have made important changes to our processes in our Emergency Departments and these, along with a successful recruitment [...]
8 October 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has secured additional imaging equipment to increase the number of patients that can be scanned as it continues to restore services following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. SaTH, which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford (PRH), is also looking at ways [...]
8 October 2020 Car parking charges for visitors and patients will be re-introduced at Shropshire’s acute hospitals from 1 November following the end of Government financial support for the income lost. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford are among the last in the region to reintroduce parking charges. Parking charges were suspended at [...]
5 October 2020 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Council: Shropshire’s health leaders are urging Shropshire residents to ‘Step Up’ in the fight against coronavirus and help avoid another lockdown. Last week saw the launch of ‘Step Up Shropshire’ – a new local public health campaign to encourage the county to play their part in minimising the [...]
5 October 2020 This week’s meeting of the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will be streamed live on Microsoft Teams. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the meeting, which will take place on Thursday (8 October) from 1pm, will be held virtually. Papers for the meeting can be found here. However, as part of SaTH’s [...]
25 September 2020 The first patient in Shropshire’s acute hospitals, who has tested positive for coronavirus, has been treated with plasma as part of a nationwide trial aimed at identifying effective treatments for the disease. The treatment involves the administration of ‘convalescent plasma’ which is taken from the blood of people who have had COVID-19 (coronavirus) and which may contain [...]
