6 April 2018 Hospital bosses are delighted after receiving a congratulatory letter from NHS Improvement. The Executive Director of Nursing has congratulated staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for its “excellent contribution” toward reducing E. coli bloodstream infections. SaTH, which runs Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has reduced infections by more than [...]

5 April 2018 Let’s talk poop and how laboratory assistants at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are improving the accuracy of C. diff test results. Alan Jackson holds a sample You might want to go ‘ewww’ and wonder what kind of people talk about this stuff in polite company, but a team of white coats from the Royal Shrewsbury [...]

3 April 2018 A Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) has opened at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer The unit has been opened to help ease pressure on the Emergency Department and reduce unnecessary admissions. Patients will be able to use the CDU to await test results, wait for an investigation to be [...]

3 April 2018 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are to invest in more junior doctors to support the demands on our medical wards and improve 24-hour cover at both Emergency Departments. Simon Wright, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) today revealed funding for an additional 30 junior doctors over the next two [...]

26 March 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will complete its first ever ‘Let’s Crack It’ fortnight from today (Monday 26 March) in a bid to improve patient journeys through our hospitals and ensure they are discharged as soon as they are medically fit to leave. During the weeks either side of the Easter holidays the Trust will [...]