Maxine Mawhinney, a former BBC journalist and news reporter, is the new Co-Chair of the Ockenden Report Assurance Committee, taking over from the outgoing Co-Chair, Jane Garvey. The Ockenden Report Assurance Committee (ORAC), a monthly live-streamed meeting, was set up in 2021 to obtain and provide assurance in relation to the delivery, evidence, sustainability and impact of the implementation [...]
We are all aware of the challenges faced by our health and social care system and the improvements made as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP) will be of benefit for all our patients. Plans to upgrade hospital services will see everyone across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales receive better quality care and face fewer delays for [...]
A dedicated Facebook page has been launched by the Trust that provides maternity care for women and families in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The new page, called The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Maternity Information Hub, will be used to share up-to-date health and pregnancy advice, changes to services, improvements and innovations, staff achievements and patient experiences with [...]
A key element of plans to upgrade acute hospital services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales involves the transformation of our Telford site to specialise in the delivery of planned care. The dedicated planned care site will provide benefits for all residents, including: Operations and procedures will be able to take place all year round utilising dedicated theatres [...]
The Trust Annual Recognition Week has continued on Tuesday 8th with our Volunteer Recognition Event, where we recognised all of our volunteers who give up their time to support our colleagues and enhance patient experience across our hospitals. We heard from volunteers at the Trust about their role and what it means to them and our patients, volunteer highlights from [...]
10 November 2022 Exciting plans to upgrade acute hospital services will see the population of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales benefit from better quality care and fewer delays for treatment, a leading clinician has said. Dr Ed Rysdale, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, said the planned improvements will bring together specialist teams [...]
We are always looking at ways to improve the care we give our patients and the latest fantastic news that our Trust has secured £24 million in total to create a purpose-built planned care hub is part of that journey. Work has started on the new hub which will provide more theatres and recovery beds dedicated to day case surgery. [...]
Our Maternity Services team and the Maternity Voices Partnership Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are inviting former and current service users to complete a survey to provide feedback on their experiences of care and healthy pregnancy services. The teams would like to hear from service users who have had diabetes in pregnancy, a BMI of over 30, or have smoked [...]
4 November 2022 There will be more volunteering opportunities for young people at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals thanks to a recent funding boost. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been awarded a grant worth over £86,000 from the new Volunteering Futures Fund - part of NHS Charities Together, and the Department for Digital, [...]
3 November 2022 A new £24million planned care hub is being purpose-built which will improve services and reduce the time that patients from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales are waiting for their operations. The new hub will provide more theatres and recovery beds dedicated to day case surgery, substantially increasing the number of same day operations that can [...]
