Patients, visitors and colleagues will now be able to use a new temporary takeaway food hub at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). The Apley Food Hub was set up to provide temporary catering facilities after the kitchen and Apley Restaurant was closed when Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was identified in Autumn 2023. It has now moved from the first floor [...]
30 April 2025 Mo Robson serves AJ, a security officer at the PRH A new temporary food hub has opened at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford as work progresses to safely remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). The kitchen and Apley restaurant at PRH have been closed since the RAAC was identified in Autumn 2023. The [...]
Our hospitals are extremely busy at the moment and as Easter approaches, I would like to remind you to think about which service you need should you require any health care. If you are thinking about attending the Emergency Department (ED), please consider whether our emergency department is the right place to go for the care you need. EDs are [...]
Top up your protection against COVID-19 by getting vaccinated this spring if you are eligible. Those at increased risk from severe illness can get the vaccine, including those aged 75 or over (on 17 June 2025), people with a weakened immune system or who live in an older adult care home. You can now book your spring COVID-19 vaccine [...]
11 April 2025 With the help of a chaplain and his guitar, hospital patients are being encouraged to move and dance to help prevent the decline of mobility and muscle strength. If patients are bed-bound whilst in hospital this can lead Hospital Associated Deconditioning (HAD). So, with his guitar, multi-faith chaplain Kevin Place visits wards, playing songs and encouraging [...]
With the Easter Bank Holiday approaching, we are encouraging people to plan ahead and ensure that they have their essential prescriptions in time. Your General Practice (GP) will be closed on Good Friday (18 April) and Easter Monday (21 April), so it is important for patients who rely on repeat prescriptions to order them well in advance and to [...]
4 April 2025 As the Easter Bank Holiday approaches, health professionals within local community pharmacies and at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are urging people across the county to plan ahead for their medication needs to ensure they have essential prescriptions in time. With General Practices closed on Good Friday (18 April 2025) and Easter Monday (21 April 2025), it [...]
2 April 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has pledged its commitment to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter. By signing up to the Sexual Safety Charter, SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, has committed to a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours towards staff. Sexual [...]
It is so important that we help our colleagues further their careers at our Trust, so they can provide the best possible care and experience for our patients. Last week, I went along to present certificates to the latest cohort of colleagues who had taken part in the Trust’s Preceptorship Programme. The programme helps our newly registered nurses, nursing associates, [...]
We will be opening a temporary drop off area for patients and visitors at the front of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital off the main roundabout onto the site on Thursday 3 April. The area is to temporarily replace parking and drop-off facilities outside the Copthorne building and will be for patients and visitors accessing services including: Ophthalmology/Eye department and [...]
