There has been an extremely high demand across our health services due to the rising numbers of patients presenting with flu and COVID-19, and also parents of young children contacting NHS services about scarlet fever. Scarlet fever, or ‘Strep A’, is caused by bacteria called group A streptococci (strep), and most infections are mild and easily treated but are very [...]
Christmas will soon be upon us and many of us are enjoying socialising and looking forward to spending time with family and friends over the festive season, which is all the more reason for us to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19. It is so important to protect those that we love and care for and having our vaccinations is [...]
Issued by Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System 1 December 2022 Today, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has launched a seven-day control centre to manage demand and capacity across the county as health and social care services face one of their toughest ever winters. The Winter Control Room, which is based at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, will use multi-agency data [...]
As a trust, we are working hard and doing everything we can to provide the best possible care for our patients and reduce waiting times for treatment. We are all aware of the challenges faced by our health and social care system and together with our partners we are exploring all possible ways of improving any waits. COVID-19 and shortages [...]
We are all aware of the challenges faced by our health and social care system and the improvements made as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP) will be of benefit for all our patients. Plans to upgrade hospital services will see everyone across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales receive better quality care and face fewer delays for [...]
Don’t miss your chance to choose your hospital hero in our Trust’s annual Celebratory Awards as voting for the Public Recognition Award closes today (Wednesday 2 November). We teamed up with the Shropshire Star for this category of the awards. It recognises teams or individuals who have provided outstanding care and an exceptional level of service above and beyond the [...]
We recently invited BBC Radio Shropshire’s Jim Hawkins to come and have a look around our maternity unit at Princess Royal Hospital to see some of the changes we’ve been making. When our Consultant Obstetrician and Clinical Director Obstetrics, Mei-See Hon, and I sat down to speak to Jim afterwards, we discussed the commitment and dedication of maternity staff in [...]
COVID cases have been rising again in our communities and our hospitals and I would urge you to do all you can to keep yourselves and your loved ones safe. As you are aware we look after the most vulnerable in our communities and we have to do everything we can to protect them. Please do not attend our hospitals [...]
It is good to see that the NHS autumn booster roll-out across our county has got off to a great start with over 60,000 vaccines delivered in just over three weeks of the programme. This is such positive news but I would urge anybody who is eligible for a COVID-19 or flu vaccine and not yet booked in to get [...]
Don’t miss the opportunity to nominate your hospital heroes for the Public Recognition Award in our Trust’s Celebratory Awards. There is still time to send in your nomination for a team or individuals who have provided outstanding care and an exceptional level of service above and beyond the call of duty. The Public Recognition Award (in partnership with The Shropshire [...]
