27 February 2026 A play practitioner has created a new visual tool to help children and their families feel calmer during scans and other procedures. Kate Edwards works as a play practitioner in the Children and Young People’s Unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). She supports children coming through the Emergency Department (ED). Her role includes preparing children [...]
27 February 2026 Please be aware that from 5pm Friday 27 February – 8am Monday 2 March, how you enter, exit and travel round the RSH site will be temporarily changed. Traffic entering the site from the main hospital roundabout will be diverted onto the construction road. There will be no exiting traffic from this access point. Traffic exiting [...]
26 February 2026 The Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals, is involved in a study to explore whether shorter, higher-dose radiotherapy treatments can improve the quality of life for patients with advanced lung cancer. Nine patients from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have been recruited to the ‘Shortened High-dose Palliative Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer’ (SHiP-Rt) [...]
At our hospitals, we deal with some of the sickest patients and we have expanded our Critical Care Outreach Team to improve the care our hospitals offer. The team led by Becky Hammond looks after any patients who are clinically deteriorating or acutely unwell. They arrange for patients across all specialties within the Trust, including medical, surgery and the emergency [...]
23 February 2026 A patient who was unable to continue life-saving treatment because of ‘terrifying claustrophobia’ has completed his therapy thanks to new technology from the region’s primary cancer charity. Georgina Glennon (Technical Superintendent Radiographer) with Alex Smith (Senior Radiographer) holding the old and new style masks. Extreme claustrophobia caused by his radiotherapy head mask meant Tim [...]
Issued by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 19 February 2026 Families across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being encouraged by local health leaders to check that their children’s measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) vaccinations are up to date. The call comes as the latest measles data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that from 1 January to 9 [...]
Our Trust is always looking at ways to improve the experience of our patients and reduce the times they are waiting for their planned operations, so it was great to see surgeons carrying out two high intensity theatre lists in one day. Twenty patients had their routine day case operations as part of the all-day lists – known as HIT [...]
19 February 2026 A team which helps the sickest patients at the county’s two acute hospitals has been expanded to improve the care offered. The Critical Care Outreach Team looks after any patients who are clinically deteriorating or acutely unwell. It covers all specialties within the Trust – including medical, surgery, maternity and the Emergency Departments at The Shrewsbury and [...]
Last week, we supported World Cancer Day which raises awareness of cancer and encourages its prevention, detection and treatment. Waiting for a diagnosis, or to have cancer ruled out, is an incredibly worrying and anxious time for patients and their loved ones, and our Trust and the rest of the healthcare system are working hard to reduce the time patients wait. There was positive [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is celebrating the achievements and contributions of its apprentices as part of National Apprentice Week (9-15 February). Throughout the week, the Trust will highlight the wide range of apprenticeship routes available across SaTH and the NHS, demonstrating how these programmes open doors for people at all stages of life and [...]
