25 February 2025 Hospital workers will swap their warm beds for sleeping bags as part of ‘The Great Tommy Sleep Out’ in aid of homeless military veterans. Emma Colley, an Emergency Care Technician, and Sarah Millington, a Healthcare Assistant (HCA), who both work in the Emergency Department at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford will be joined by others [...]
20 February 2025 Staff at a hospital Trust have been on a mission to get patients moving by donating to a clothing scheme, which is now being opened to the public. The aim of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, is to improve patient [...]
19 February 2025 A Shropshire father will be running this year’s London Marathon to raise money for a Trust’s Neonatal Unit. Luke Butler chose to run the marathon for the The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity Neonatal Fund after his daughter Ella received care at the unit in 2022. Ella was born at the Heartlands Hospital [...]
Encouraging our patients to stay as active as possible can help them reduce the time it takes them to recover from illness or injury. It is known that if patients are inactive and stay in bed all day whilst in hospital this can lead to a decline in mobility and muscle strength. Colleagues at our Trust have done a tremendous [...]
18 February 2025 Patients are receiving faster and more efficient emergency care thanks to improvements in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) departments at the county’s two acute hospitals. Designed to provide urgent treatment for patients who don’t require an overnight stay, SDEC is helping to reduce waiting times, improve patient experience and ease pressure on busy emergency departments [...]
13 February 2025 Please be aware that, for a temporary period, from today until the end of March 2025, routine phlebotomy appointments (blood tests) provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will only be available from the following locations: Community Diagnostic Centre, Hollinswood House, Telford, TF3 3DD William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XL [...]
It is National Apprentice Week and here at the Trust we are celebrating and raising awareness about the wide variety of apprenticeship opportunities across the NHS. We have seen a rise in the number of colleagues on apprenticeship programmes ranging from accounting to associate project management. We currently have 214 colleagues on programmes. Danielle Childs is one of those [...]
11 February 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust (SaTH) construction partners, Integrated Health Projects (IHP) have been supporting communities through a number of social value initiatives. In January last year, the VINCI Building led project, which is part of the joint venture, IHP, were announced as construction partners for the new healthcare facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
11 February 2025 A hospital Trust worker is taking on a 125-mile walk challenge to raise money for a new Critical Care “sky garden” which is being built as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). Julia Johnson, a Critical Care Practice Education Facilitator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), is raising funds for SaTH Charity [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is shining a spotlight on its apprentices during National Apprentice Week (10-16 February). It is celebrating and raising awareness about the diverse and wide variety of apprenticeship opportunities that are available at SaTH and the rest of the NHS. The theme is ‘Skills for Life’. The week will reflect on how [...]
