27 March 2024 A new teledermatology service has been launched at the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford, helping patients to have a faster diagnosis and treatment for skin cancer. The service, run by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, involves a qualified professional clinical photographer taking a series of digital photographs of a patient’s skin lesion. The [...]
26 March 2024The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has closed its Chronic Pain Service to new patient referrals.The closure is due to the Trust’s specialist clinician leaving. It means the Trust is no longer able to accept any new referrals from the specialist community pain management service or other routes. Instead, patients requiring hospital care will be referred [...]
21 March 2024 A mother and her daughter are celebrating after graduating and starting their nursing careers at the same time. Kelly Beaman, a healthcare assistant at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), thought she had missed her opportunity to train as a nurse. Kelly Beaman and Grace Asterley But when Kelly attended a university open day with her daughter Grace [...]
As Easter approaches, please can I remind you to make sure that you order any of your repeat prescriptions in plenty of time for the bank holiday weekend. Please check whether you have your required supply of prescribed medication as some pharmacies and GP practices are closed over the bank holiday weekend. I would also like to encourage you to [...]
19 March 2024 An artist’s impression of how the new development at RSH would look Plans for a modular ward extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will support the recovery of patients who no longer need acute hospital care. There will be two wards within the planned development for patients who need further care to recover from illness [...]
18 March 2024 A healthcare assistant (HCA) at the Trust, which runs the county’s two acute hospitals, and her sister are gearing up to tackle a 100km ultra challenge for Macmillan Cancer Support. Steph Eastment, an HCA at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, and her sister Lena Eastment are raising vital funds for the charity, which provides invaluable emotional, practical, physical [...]
11 March 2024 This week, the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals, is celebrating healthcare scientists who work to provide crucial care and support to patients and other services within the NHS. National Healthcare Science Week runs from Monday 11 to Sunday 15 March and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is recognising the outstanding work of [...]
Our patients are our top priority and we are doing all that we can to ensure that they are receiving the right care in the right place. This week we shared the great news that the Trust has submitted plans for a modular ward extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). If the plans for the two-storey extension are approved, there [...]
It is fantastic to hear of the exciting plans being put in place for our most vulnerable patients with the creation of a new critical care unit as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). The unit is part of new proposed healthcare facilities at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) under HTP and will provide essential support for the [...]
6 March 2024 Sixteen aspiring healthcare individuals have received recognition for completing the Volunteer to Career (VtC) Programme in midwifery at the Trust, which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. Volunteers on the most recent midwifery programme have collectively accumulated over 1,000 hours of volunteering on the antenatal and postnatal wards within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust [...]
