Improving the experience of our patients is important to our Trust and a new team has been introduced, providing a one-to-one service for patients with high level care and supervision needs. These fantastic colleagues in the Enhanced Care Team (ECT) are already making a difference for those patients who require this individualised care. Patients who fulfil certain criteria can be [...]
Our Emergency Departments (ED) remain under pressure and the Trust, along with other health and care partners, is urging residents to play their part this winter by re-thinking which service they opt for when unwell. In Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin each year, more than 130,000 people turn up at EDs. While many of these patients require care from our ED [...]
13 October The pathology lab at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford has experienced a flood and our teams are working hard to assess the damage and restore services. The source has now been identified and contained. Most work is being processed at PRH with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital pathology laboratory supporting. There may be a slight delay in results [...]
Voting has opened for the Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award and you can help by choosing your hospital hero. The Trust has teamed up with the Shropshire Star for one of its annual awards and there are three amazing finalists to vote for. The Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award recognises teams or individuals who have made a remarkable contribution and [...]
Friday 6 October 2023 Hot meals have resumed for patients at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford after a temporary kitchen was built in just over a week. A huge amount of work was undertaken by teams at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to install the kitchen. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) [...]
We are not currently able to offer our usual catering service at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford as the kitchen and restaurant are currently closed, but I would like to reassure you all that we are doing all that we can to provide a hot meal service for patients. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in [...]
Monday 2 October We would like to reassure our patients, their families and carers that we are doing all that we can to resume our usual catering service at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in a kitchen area at the hospital and, as a precaution, we have closed the kitchen [...]
28 September 2023 We would like to inform our patients and their families and carers that we are temporarily unable to provide our usual catering service at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. We are continuing to prioritise patient meals throughout this time. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete [...]
Improving the care and experience for our patients is a key priority for our Trust and our commitment to research, innovation and improvement is part of that journey. In the past year, more than 600 patients have taken part in 177 research studies at the Trust and we are celebrating this as part of our first ever Research, Innovation and [...]
The British Medical Association (BMA) is taking strike action involving consultants and junior doctors, and from 19-23 September and then again from 2-5 October, a number of NHS trusts, including The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, will be affected. Full details of the strike action can be found at our website, www.sath.nhs.uk The safety of our patients is paramount [...]
