9 May 2018 The following information is from our partners at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) People across Telford & Wrekin are being given a chance to have their say on cancer services in the area. An online survey which has gone live today gives everyone a chance to say what works well, what doesn’t, and how things [...]
9 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is putting in place extra capacity for women in Shropshire, aged between 70 and 79, to have catch-up breast screening sessions after an NHS IT problem. The catch-up sessions are for women who have been identified as not receiving their invitation from the NHS breast screening programme, due to the [...]
8 May 2018 The family of a five-year-old girl, who were given £400 to treat themselves after their daughter’s hospital treatment, have donated the money to the ward who looked after her. Isabelle with Dawn Isabelle Chubb was admitted to the Children’s Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford at the beginning of December last year after [...]
4 May 2018 The temporary suspension of services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) is to be extended for a further two weeks. Inpatient services (births and postnatal care) at Oswestry will be suspended until 8am on Sunday 20 May to ensure the continued safe care for mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Inpatient services at Ludlow MLU are also suspended [...]
The following information is from Public Health England Up to 309,000 women aged between 70 and 79 will be offered the opportunity for a catch-up NHS breast screening test this year. The decision follows analysis by Public Health England (PHE) dating back to 2009, which found that a number of invitations for a final test had not been sent out [...]
01 May 2018 SaTH has appointed a new substantive A&E consultant for the first time in four years. It is the fifth consultant recruitment in 10 days, with two also being appointed in Ear, Nose and Throat and a further two in Bariatric. Simon Wright, Chief Executive of SaTH, says the appointments are a clear indication that the certainty over [...]
30 April 2018 We are delighted to reveal our medal for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) inaugural 5K Charity Fun Run. Everyone who takes part in the 5K Fun Run on Saturday 7 July will receive this fantastic medal as part of the Trust’s celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The Fun Run, which [...]
26 April 2018 Wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) are to move to allow essential safety and maintenance work to take place at the hospital. To ensure the Ward Block at RSH meets the latest building regulations, remedial work needs to take place and, to enable that to happen, some patients will need to be moved. Ward 21, our [...]
26 April 2018 They are renowned for supporting emergency crews around the world – and now they will help The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) celebrate 70 years of the NHS. The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) will be firing up their barbecues in the grounds of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 7 July as part of SaTH’s [...]
24 April 2018 Catering Manager Nick Parkin and End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis with the hamper that Nick has pledged to raffle to help raise funds for a new Swan Room. Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have made pledges to improve patient care. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
