11 April 2023 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes, while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The next planned industrial action is from junior doctors, with strike action planned from 6.59am on Tuesday 11 April until 6.59 am on Saturday 15 April. [...]
06 April 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Dr Ranj Singh, NHS doctor and national TV personality, has teamed up with healthcare professionals at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to encourage local people to ‘Think Which Service’ before deciding which local health service is right for their medical need. Through a brand-new four-part podcast [...]
27 February 2023 To read the open letter - click here.
27 February 2023 Local GP, Dr Julian Povey, who was also the Joint Chair of the former Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) is supporting plans that will improve hospital care for everyone in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. The Hospitals Transformation Programme is working to put in place new ways of delivering care as [...]
26 January 2023 Communities from across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales joined a livestream on Tuesday 24 January to hear the latest on plans to improve local hospital services. Key clinical leads from the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP), representing The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), led the session which talked people through how the programme has [...]
19 January 2023 In 2023 health and care organisations across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are aiming to secure the final national approvals for the Hospitals Transformation Programme, which will lead to improvements in hospital services for everyone across the region. To support the delivery of the programme, doctors and other health and care professionals, along with local [...]
17 January 2023 Join our local Eye-care Transformation Team on Tuesday 7 February to hear about proposals for future eye-care services and share your views and feedback. Over recent months, the health and care system in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has been working together to transform eye-care services. We have listened to clinicians, members of the public, patients and carers [...]
If you are interested in finding out more about the Hospital Transformation Programme, please register to join this online event. 2023 will be a milestone year for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and the Hospital Transformation Programme, which aims to improve services across our two hospital sites. These improvements will be central to us developing two thriving hospitals [...]
14 December 2022 A key element of plans to upgrade acute hospital services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales will be to improve services for people needing treatment for cancer. Every year, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust carries out over 2000 operations for cancer. Any delay to these operations may affect success of treatment and recovery. [...]
A key component of plans to upgrade acute hospital services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales involves the transformation of our Shrewsbury site to specialise in the delivery of emergency care and the development of new 24/7 enhanced urgent care services at both of our hospital sites. These much-needed improvements will bring together specialist teams so [...]
