On 13th November Hefin Richards walked from his home in Llandrinio to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for SaTH Charity. This achievement is very special as 12 months earlier he was in ITU battling COVID-19 and unable to take even just a few steps. Hefin credits Ward 32 & ITU as heroes who saved his life. Hefin Richards said “12 months ago [...]
Former patient, Sally Jamieson, has been raising money for the SaTH Charity breast cancer fund since she was diagnosed in 2016 and has now raised over £10,000. The money was raised from various events including a carboot, a Halloween Hunt for Radbrook School, a raffle, and a spooky trail which was organised in partnership with Hickorys Smokehouse. In the family [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is relaunching its award-winning People’s Academy as an online course in November 2021. The People’s Academy has been successful in helping local people understand more about the NHS and their local hospitals and will be delivered in a series of four two-hour sessions over four weeks using Microsoft Teams: The NHS Our [...]
The Volunteer Team are working in partnership with St John Ambulance to deliver the NHS Cadets Programme at SaTH. This programme targets young people aged 14-18 from communities that are underrepresented within the health eco-system to inspire them into pursuing a career in the NHS, whether that is in a clinical or non-clinical setting. As part of the advanced programme, [...]
Girlguiding Shropshire have created 2 beautiful mosaic Rainbows to be displayed at The Princess Royal Hospital and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The girl guides held two activities days in Attingham Parks ‘Field of Play’ where everyone was invited to add their own part to the mosaic. Rebecca Harding, Shropshire Girlguiding Leader, said: “The Girlguiding Shropshire 'Together at Attingham' event was [...]
Local Cinema and Charity, Wellington Orbit, have shown their appreciation to our Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and purchased a bench for the use of staff on their breaks. Phil Morris-Jones, Chairman of Wellington Orbit said “We [Wellington Orbit] wanted to show our love for the NHS staff at Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury [...]
SaTH Charity are delighted to be part of 24 charities featured in ‘Advent for Others’. Together, we’ve taken the core idea of the advent calendar and put a charitable twist on it. Instead of getting chocolate behind each door there’s a local charity that will receive a share of the money raised from the calendar sales. So, by purchasing this [...]
Members of Staff Emma Feely and Sue Bennett will both be running marathons this weekend to raise money for SaTH Charity. Emma Feely, who is running the Virtual London Marathon, said” I’m raising funds to support the Dementia Team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals. They do really valuable work and need extra resources. My wonderful Grandad passed away in [...]
Local man, Andrew Walmsley, has raised over £1200 for the SaTH Charity Breast Cancer Fund by completing a sponsored cycle challenge. Andrew, a self-confessed amateur cyclist, set himself the challenge of cycling from his home in Whitchurch, to the Princess Royal Hospital then onto the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and then returning home – a distance of approximately 60 miles, all [...]
Peter Hicking, a SaTH Volunteer has received a special recognition after a glowing review from someone who could hear him from their window when he was volunteering in Phlebotomy at RSH… Mandy Carnham, a research nurse for the Trust, wrote to the Volunteers office to say “I am fortunate enough to have an office with a window onto Elizabeth house [...]
