02 July 2025 New automated cabinets for supplying medicines are now in place in the emergency departments at the county’s two acute hospitals providing safer, modern care for patients. The new technology will increase efficiency and save time for staff, releasing more time for patient care – and support the timely discharge of patients from hospital. The rollout of the [...]
It has been an incredibly warm week across the county this week, please remember to stay safe when the temperatures rise and it is so hot and humid. You can take simple steps to look after yourself by staying hydrated and drinking lots of fluids especially water and keeping the shade, particularly between 11am and 3pm. Don’t forget to check [...]
2 July 2025 A new room that has been provided for staff dealing with bereavement has held its official opening at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) The OWEN room in the Shropshire Education and Conference Centre (SECC) has been provided for staff dealing with bereavement. It allows them to have important conversations in a calm, inviting, comfortable [...]
26 June 2025 Construction of new health care facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is soon approaching one-year since building work started. Watch the drone footage to get a real sense of the size and scale of the transformation happening. Thank you to our staff, patients and visitors for their patience during our building works. This multi-million pound investment will [...]
Estates and Facilities teams are responsible for managing the safe, well-maintained and functional running of the county’s two acute hospitals. 27 June 2025 Often working unnoticed in the background, the Estates and Facilities staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) play a vital role in maintaining, keeping safe and improving our working environments to keep our [...]
25 June 2025 A couple have completed more than a thousand hours of volunteering at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and are still counting. John and Judi Anderson, a married couple who have been volunteering at the PRH for several years, set themselves a goal of reaching 1,000 hours of volunteering before the end of 2024. Not only [...]
Tuesday 24 June 2025: 5.30pm Further update from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Ned Hobbs, Chief Operating Officer for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “We can confirm that the Trust is returning to business as usual following the flooding caused by a burst water pipe at Princess Royal Hospital on Monday evening. “There are [...]
SaTH Charity Football Tournament trophies. The third annual SaTH Charity Football Tournament took place on Sunday 1 June at the Sports Village in Shrewsbury. The event was a great success with 160 members of NHS staff, from SaTH, Keele University and West Midlands Ambulance, taking part and together they raised nearly £4,600 for the Dementia appeal and [...]
19 June 2025 West Mercia Police has confirmed that it will begin interviewing current and former staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust as witnesses in relation to their ongoing investigation, Operation Lincoln, which was launched in 2020. Further details can be found by following this link: Public Portal Jo Williams, Chief Executive for The Shrewsbury and [...]
13 June 2025 Work has officially begun on a £16.2m project at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) which will see the installation of heat pumps, solar panels and energy efficiency measures to reduce the site’s carbon footprint by over 3,000 tonnes a year. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs RSH, secured funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation [...]
