13 January 2022 In light of new national guidance and the rise in COVID-19 cases, we’ve had to make a few changes to our visiting arrangements. At the start of the pandemic, we made the very difficult decision to suspend visiting at our hospitals to protect our patients and keep people safe from COVID-19. This unfortunately must remain the case [...]
11 January 2022 An Academy to train Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is to be launched next week. SaTH and partner organisations within the county’s health and care system have teamed up with Telford College to launch the six-month pilot programme for HCSWs employed within the system. It starts on January [...]
10 January 2022 Since December, more than 24 people experiencing homelessness in Shrewsbury have received extra protection against COVID-19 after attending an outreach clinic provided by Riverside Medical Practice at the Shrewsbury Ark, a charity that provides ongoing support and day centre facilities for the homeless and vulnerable in our community. Six homeless people attended a vaccination clinic on Friday, [...]
31 December 2021 As we welcome in the New Year, the vaccine programme in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin is counting on the support of local people to help protect frontline services by taking up the vaccine offer as soon as they can. Health and care staff working in hospitals and in the community are at an increasing risk of catching [...]
