It is National Self-Care Week and we can all make small changes to improve our health and wellbeing. Self-Care Week is a national annual event that raises awareness of what we can all do to help our physical health and mental wellbeing. This year, Self-Care Week runs until Sunday 19 November 2023 and the theme is ‘Mind and Body’. At [...]
We are delighted that the first phase of a multi-million pound investment at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford is close to opening, improving the experience for our patients, visitors and colleagues. The re-developed main entrance will transform the ‘front door’ of the hospital and will include a new coffee shop and convenience store. This will complement the existing catering arrangements [...]
Earlier this month we welcomed patients to the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford and we are already seeing that it is making a difference. In the first four weeks, a total of 2,230 blood tests and 1,045 scans were carried out at the CDC, which is incredible. The new centre at Hollinswood House in Telford means that patients [...]
Friday 27 October 2023 Samantha Matthews, Clinical Lead Enhanced Care Team, with ECSWs Simone Hitchin and Jerry Rajeshwar A new one-to-one service has been introduced to provide the best possible support to help the recovery of patients with high level care and supervision needs at the Trust, which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Enhanced Care Team (ECT) [...]
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 [...]
