05 June 2025 A new volunteer driver scheme is helping patients to get home quicker after they are discharged from hospital. The pilot scheme has just been launched at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. Volunteers drive home patients who are unable to get home themselves because they are not eligible for patient transport or could have long [...]
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the elective surgery hub at Princess Royal Hospital and what a fantastic facility it is. Nearly 5,000 patients – both adults and children – have had operations at the hub and it has helped us to reduce the waiting times for day case operations. Patients requiring gynaecology, vascular, ophthalmology, orthopaedic, breast, upper [...]
4 June 2025 An NHS worker has been recognised for her work to address health inequalities among patients experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping in Shropshire. Natalie Chambers, a Pathway Zero Coordinator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has been honoured with the prestigious William Farr Special Award. The Pathway Zero (PW0) team, of which Natalie is [...]
04 June 2025 Diabetes specialists will be headlining this year’s Severn Pumpers Annual Meeting hosted by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It takes place on Friday 13 June 2025 at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. This annual event, organised by SaTH’s Insulin Pump Service, brings together patients, healthcare professionals and technology providers to share insights and celebrate [...]
02 June 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is rolling out a patient engagement portal (PEP) from the provider DrDoctor. The PEP will enable patients to access more information on their mobile devices, with the ultimate aim of improving patient experience and saving costs of printing. The implementation of the PEP began in April, with a [...]
Monday 2 June 2025 A message from NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Launching on 1 July, the new Optometry First services, commissioned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, will mean people across the county can access more eye care closer to home. The contract, awarded to Primary Eyecare Services, a not-for-profit primary care optometry organisation, follows a tender process [...]
Our Palliative Care team gifts colourful knitted kindness hearts as a poignant keepsake to bring comfort to the families of patients who are receiving last hours and days of life care at our hospitals. They are now appealing for keen knitters to help make some more as we are now running low on stock. The hearts can also be crocheted. [...]
30 May 2025 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is trialling a new way of working to reduce the time patients are waiting for routine surgery. A High Intensity Theatre (HIT) list was carried out to safely treat more patients waiting for a hernia operation. These procedures are planned and can be carried out on the same day. [...]
29 May 2025 Colourful knitted kindness hearts are helping to bring comfort to the families of patients who are receiving last hours and days of life care at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Palliative Care team gifts the hearts as a poignant keepsake – one that stays with the patient and others which are given to the patient’s loved [...]
29 May 2025 Helen Troalen, Director of Finance at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has announced she is taking up a new role in June as the Interim Chief Finance Officer for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Helen has successfully navigated the Trust through the last four years, advancing the organisation’s transformation journey, to improve the [...]
