New Swan Room opens thanks to Vital Energi donation

Vital Energi, who is currently delivering the £16.2m decarbonisation project at RSH, has helped support the creation of new last hours and days care (bereavement) facilities at our hospitals through a donation of nearly £5,000 to Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity. The contribution supported the development of new Swan Rooms on Ward 37 at RSH and Ward 14 at PRH. [...]

New Swan Room opens thanks to Vital Energi donation2026-07-31T14:57:04+01:00

New Doctors’ Mess opens at Princess Royal Hospital

The new Doctors’ Mess has opened at the Princess Royal Hospital and doesn’t it look fantastic. Its permanent home is now on the ground floor and comes about after lots of hard work by a number of teams, including the Education Team and Capital Estates Team. At the official opening, Dr Gordon Wood, Director of Medical Education, gave a [...]

New Doctors’ Mess opens at Princess Royal Hospital2026-07-31T14:50:51+01:00

NHS staff raise £570 for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity at the Shrewsbury 5/10K

28 July 2026 Swapping their NHS roles for running shoes, colleagues proudly represented the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity, raising an incredible £570, as they took on the Wace Morgan Shrewsbury 5 or 10K. The colleagues from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) put their best foot forward. Colleagues from SaTH took part in the Shrewsbury [...]

NHS staff raise £570 for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity at the Shrewsbury 5/10K2026-07-31T14:42:15+01:00

Emergency Department entrance change for walk-in patients at RSH

Monday 27 July From 8am on Wednesday 29 July, the entrance for patients walking into the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will change. If you are attending ED as a walk-in patient, please use the newly constructed entrance on the left-hand side of the ED building, accessed via the road leading to the department. Clear signage will [...]

Emergency Department entrance change for walk-in patients at RSH2026-07-28T16:42:13+01:00

Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre marks World IVF Day

24 July 2026 Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre is marking World IVF Day by reflecting on how its service has helped thousands of people fulfil their dream of having a family. World IVF Day commemorates the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first baby conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), on 25 July 1978. What was once an experimental [...]

Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre marks World IVF Day2026-07-24T14:02:12+01:00

Over a thousand pounds raised for the Swan Fund and Movement Centre

Jules Lewis, Swan End of Life Care Lead Nurse, and Heather Pitchford, Staff Bereavement Support Trained Volunteer, successfully took on a 30-mile walk across Wales to raise money. Jules said the walk on Saturday 20 June was ‘an amazing event to be part of’, with the ‘most amazing scenery of parts of Wales I was lucky to grow up [...]

Over a thousand pounds raised for the Swan Fund and Movement Centre2026-07-27T14:52:15+01:00

CQC highlights kind and compassionate care of patients having tests and scans

16 July 2026 Patients having scans and tests provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said their care was kind and compassionate and they were treated with dignity and respect. The feedback was highlighted in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an inspection of the diagnostic imaging service provided at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), [...]

CQC highlights kind and compassionate care of patients having tests and scans2026-07-16T12:00:29+01:00

Gold-winning garden supports community hospital project

15 July 2026 A collaborative community garden project has won a Gold award at Gardeners' World Live while creating a relaxing outdoor space at Bishops Castle Community Hospital. The project began when dedicated volunteers at Bishops Castle Community Hospital set out to create a new, therapeutic outdoor space for the hospital. Working alongside professional garden designer Pippa Wilcox and Cardiac [...]

Gold-winning garden supports community hospital project2026-07-15T09:33:06+01:00

Local NHS invites patients to ‘Tell us what it’s like in Your Shoes’ and help shape future care

10 July 2026 The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group is inviting patients to share their experiences and help create a vision for exceptional patient experience and care. A series of ‘In Your Shoes’ meetings will be held this month (July) as part of an organisation-wide initiative, which aims to improve the quality of every patients’ [...]

Local NHS invites patients to ‘Tell us what it’s like in Your Shoes’ and help shape future care2026-07-10T15:08:08+01:00

Trust celebrates more than 1,500 years of NHS service

10 July 2026 The Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals, held a celebration to mark the contribution of their members of staff who have clocked up more than 1,500 years NHS service. Over 50 members of staff from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) gathered [...]

Trust celebrates more than 1,500 years of NHS service2026-07-10T09:58:44+01:00