30 July 2019 A Trainee Nursing Associate at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been praised for saving a man’s life after she came across a car crash near her home in Telford. Jade Myatt outside AMU Jade Myatt, who works on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), was driving from her uncle’s home in Stirchley to her own [...]
29 July 2019 SaTH has scooped a national award which recognises excellence in palliative care provision. The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, has been awarded the Dundas Medal. The medal was introduced by the Scottish charity PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital) and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, [...]
25 July 2019 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are helping colleagues to stay cool, on what is expected to be the hottest day of the year. Bosses at SaTH have arranged for bottled water to be given free of charge to doctors, nurses and all other healthcare professionals. Paula Dabbs, Head of Organisational Development at [...]
19 July 2019 Staff across the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals donned red today (Friday 19 July) to raise awareness of Sepsis. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust joined Wear Red Day, organised by the UK Sepsis Trust. Across the Trust, scores of staff donned an item of red clothing (or a red wig!) to help raise [...]
19 July 2019 A volunteer at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been shortlisted for an award to thank her for her efforts in helping to improve end of life care. Jules Lock has been shortlisted in the Volunteer of the Year Category in the Shropshire Star’s Great Big Thank You Awards. Jules has been the lead [...]
17 July 2019 Pharmacy staff at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford have planted a remembrance rose tree in memory of a much-loved colleague. The tree was planted in the Garden of Tranquillity in memory of Julie Dawe, who worked as a Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer at PRH for 15 years. Julie died last year after a short battle [...]
12 July 2019 A new model of care has been launched at SaTH to improve outcomes and reduce the length of stay in hospital for patients undergoing hip and knee replacements. It follows a successful year-long pilot of an Enhanced Recovery programme at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford for those having elective surgery for joint replacements. This new [...]
11 July 2019 A ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been closed following a number of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting. Ward 23 has been closed after norovirus has been confirmed; and visiting restrictions to the ward are in place. Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer at SaTH, which runs RSH and the Princess Royal in Telford, said: “Unfortunately, [...]
11 July 2019 A family has praised a quick-thinking porter at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford who performed emergency CPR on their seven-week-old son when he unexpectedly stopped breathing. Sarah and Mike Clifford, of Telford, said if it hadn’t been for the actions of Chargehand Porter, Nick Evans, their baby son Logan wouldn’t be here today. [...]
10 July 2019 An app is being launched at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to transform the way the organisation communicates and engages with its staff. My SaTH is being officially launched on Monday (15 July) as way of the Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, widening [...]
