6 December 2022 Health leaders encourage people to get vaccinated and choose well as services face extreme pressures Health and care leaders across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are encouraging people to help their NHS, by getting vaccinated against flu and Covid-19 if they are eligible and choosing the right service for their needs. This follows extremely high demand across health [...]
6 December 2022 The Trust that runs maternity services for women and service users in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin has been confirmed as an outstanding outlier for the measure ‘delayed cord clamping’ in the National Neonatal Audit Programme 2021 report. The percentage of delayed cord clamping at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was 95.5% in 2021, [...]
5 December 2022 The latest data from UKHSA show that scarlet fever cases continue to remain higher than we would typically see at this time of year. There were 851 cases reported in week 46, compared to an average of 186 for the preceding years. Scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, but it is highly infectious. Therefore, look out for symptoms in your [...]
Issued by Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System 1 December 2022 Today, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has launched a seven-day control centre to manage demand and capacity across the county as health and social care services face one of their toughest ever winters. The Winter Control Room, which is based at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, will use multi-agency data [...]
30 November 2022 Photo caption: Pictured are Harry’s parents, Stephen and Sally Johnson, and his brother Eric. A Shropshire children’s cancer charity has raised an extraordinary £70,000 to fund a static caravan to offer breaks to local families whose child is being cared for by the Children's Oncology Ward at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. The Harry Johnson [...]
As a trust, we are working hard and doing everything we can to provide the best possible care for our patients and reduce waiting times for treatment. We are all aware of the challenges faced by our health and social care system and together with our partners we are exploring all possible ways of improving any waits. COVID-19 and shortages [...]
A key component of plans to upgrade acute hospital services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales involves the transformation of our Shrewsbury site to specialise in the delivery of emergency care and the development of new 24/7 enhanced urgent care services at both of our hospital sites. These much-needed improvements will bring together specialist teams so [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford has signed the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) ‘Caring for You Charter’, committing to providing a healthy safe working environment for colleagues within Maternity Services. The charter, which was launched in 2016, aims to improve services for women and babies [...]
My name is Emily and I am a Maternity Support Worker (MSW) on the Postnatal ward. I have been an MSW for 12 months, and was previously a Women’s Service’s Assistant (WSA) for nine years, also based on the Postnatal Ward. I always knew I wanted to support women and their families in the journey into parenthood but didn’t realise [...]
I mentioned the Hospitals Transformation Programme last week and how important it is that everyone across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales gets the care they need, when they need it and my colleague Dr Steve McKew has also highlighted the importance of the improvements to planned care. By having a site that is dedicated and specialises in the [...]
