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£100k of funding awarded to hospital Trust for energy upgrades

13 March 2026 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been awarded £100,000 to install clean energy upgrades, helping to reduce energy bills.   Funding will be used to replace existing lighting with modern energy-efficient LED technology. The upgrade is expected to significantly reduce electricity usage while improving lighting quality throughout the Trust’s buildings. LED lighting that will [...]

£100k of funding awarded to hospital Trust for energy upgrades2026-03-13T10:20:37+00:00

Pub customers raise more than £7,000 for hospital roof garden

11 March 2026 Customers at The Red Lion, Caersws, have raised an incredible £7,125 in support of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity. The money will go towards the Critical Care and Oncology Roof Garden – a new outdoor space for patients and their families – at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The fundraising total was achieved through a series of [...]

Pub customers raise more than £7,000 for hospital roof garden2026-03-11T10:16:29+00:00

New emergency care facilities open in ongoing redevelopment project

09 March 2026 Patients needing emergency care at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will now benefit from improved facilities, as the third phase of the Emergency Department (ED) refurbishment opens. The redesigned area now houses Ambulatory Majors (previously known as Fit to Sit), providing timely assessment and treatment for patients who are stable, able to walk, and do not require [...]

New emergency care facilities open in ongoing redevelopment project2026-03-09T09:33:47+00:00

Temporary roadworks at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

27 February 2026 Please be aware that from 5pm Friday 27 February – 8am Monday 2 March, how you enter, exit and travel round the RSH site will be temporarily changed. Traffic entering the site from the main hospital roundabout will be diverted onto the construction road. There will be no exiting traffic from this access point. Traffic exiting [...]

Temporary roadworks at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital2026-02-27T10:46:07+00:00

Park & Ride service charge at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to rise

10 February 2026 From Monday 16 February, the cost of using the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) Park & Ride will see an increase to £2 per journey for patients and visitors.  The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), Shropshire Council and Arriva launched the service for patients and visitors in January 2025. It is well used by staff [...]

Park & Ride service charge at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to rise2026-02-10T10:02:04+00:00

An update from Shropshire Council – Temporary lights on Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury for cabling work

Monday 26 January  We have been made aware by Shropshire Council that from Monday 2 February to Friday 20 March [2026] there will be temporary traffic lights in place on Mytton Oak Road as part of construction of a new housing development on land adjacent to Oak Lane. The work is required to provide the power supply for the [...]

An update from Shropshire Council – Temporary lights on Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury for cabling work2026-01-26T12:49:35+00:00

Solar canopy works to start at Princess Royal Hospital

20 January 2026  The Trust is preparing the PRH site to start work on a solar panel car park canopy – following funding received from Great British Energy. This investment will save the Trust £70,000 a year in energy costs and generate clean power and aligns to the long-term vision of sustainable health services and more modern facilities, creating [...]

Solar canopy works to start at Princess Royal Hospital2026-01-20T09:10:51+00:00

Update on next phase of construction at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

14 January 2026 On Monday 19 January, our contractors Integrated Health Projects (IHP) will be starting groundworks to prepare for the relocation of a two-storey modular building currently located at the front of the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The building will be relocated to the north of the site, near the new Ward 38 and [...]

Update on next phase of construction at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital2026-01-14T11:31:14+00:00

Library drop-in sessions announced for Hospitals Transformation Programme

7 January 2026 Public are invited to learn more about plans to transform local hospital services at a series of information drop-in sessions taking place across libraries this winter. The sessions are part of a winter roadshow for the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP), giving people the opportunity to find out more about the upcoming changes to the organisation of [...]

Library drop-in sessions announced for Hospitals Transformation Programme2026-01-07T11:55:15+00:00

Hospital expansion reaches new heights with topping-out milestone

18 December 2025 The multimillion-pound expansion of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has reached a significant construction milestone, as leaders, staff and project partners gathered to celebrate the topping-out of the new four-storey healthcare facilities. The development - set to transform patient care across the region - includes four new clinical floors, an expanded and modernised Emergency Department (ED) and [...]

Hospital expansion reaches new heights with topping-out milestone2025-12-18T16:13:31+00:00