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 [...]
20 April 2018 Full services, including births, will resume at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) on Sunday 22 April. However, births at Oswestry and Ludlow MLUs are to be temporarily suspended for between two and four weeks to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Inpatient services (births and postnatal care) at Oswestry MLU will be temporarily [...]
Sign up today at www.sath.nhs.uk/nhs70 Entries are now open for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s 5K Fun Run to celebrate 70 Years of the NHS. The event, which is being organised in partnership with the Dolly Mixtures, starts at 10.30am on Saturday 7 July at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Entry costs £5 (plus admin fee) and [...]
18 April 2018 Wards across Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are being encouraged to ‘end PJ paralysis’ by getting as many patients as possible dressed and moving. Launched yesterday (17 April), NHS England’s #EndPJparalysis challenge aims to improve recovery, shorten hospital stays and boost the morale of patients and staff by encouraging patients to get up and dressed every day, where [...]
18 April 2018 A phlebotomy service provided at Princess House in Shrewsbury town centre is to move to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From 1 May, GP patients who have previously used Princess House in The Square will be asked to attend Elizabeth House based at the RSH, which already provides walk-in phlebotomy clinics. The service at Princess House will close [...]
13 April 2018 Patients, visitors and staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will have the chance to win a fantastic food hamper while supporting end of life care. Jules Lewis and Nick Parkin with the hamper The hamper has been donated by the Catering team and will be raffled off to support the Swan Fund at The [...]
12 April 2018 Weekly pay is now being offered to people who join Shropshire’s two acute hospitals pool of bank staff. The change at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was introduced on 1 April 2018 in response to feedback from employees. Bank staff, which included nurses, healthcare assistants, porters, domestics and medical records staff, means patients are [...]
12 April 2018 Bubble football, a Nerf gun arena, Army medics, music and food, including a barbeque provided by Rapid Relief Team – these are just some of the attractions that will greet visitors to a special charity fun day which will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The event, which will also feature a 5km charity fun run, [...]
