Hospitals Transformation Programme – Focus Groups

Register to join any of our focus groups at sath.engagement@nhs.net

Plans to transform our hospital services in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are underway. We want you, our local communities and patients, to have the opportunity to get involved and give your views and feedback to help inform and shape our plans to improve care for everyone.

The plans will see the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford specialise in planned care and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital specialise in emergency care. Patients benefit from:

• fewer cancellations and delays for planned procedures,
• and a more streamlined and effective emergency care service, with fewer ambulance handover delays, delivered from a dedicated, modern Emergency Department.

We are organising focus groups which will meet regularly over the next three years as plans develop. The focus groups are aligned to the clinical workstreams within the HTP programme.

The next scheduled focus groups are:

• Medicine, Emergency Care, Surgery, Anaesthetics, and Cancer – 3rd June 2024, 10:00-12:00
• Women and Children’s – 7th June, 10:00-12:00
• Children and Young People Focus Groups – 18th May 2024, (age 7 – 11) 09:30-11:00, (age 11 – 17) 11:30 – 13:00

‘Drop-in’ sessions in the local area

We are holding drop-in sessions for communities to attend. Clinicians and the programme team will attend each session to answer questions and explain the proposed clinically led model of care. The next drop in session with be on:

• Wednesday 15th May, Age UK office, Shrewsbury, SY1 1HX, 13:00 – 16:00
  Thursday 23rd May, Wellington Market, TF1 1DT, 10:00 – 14:00
  Thursday 13th June, Mayfair Community Centre, Church Stretton, SY6 6BL, 10:00 – 13:00