6 December 2022 Health leaders encourage people to get vaccinated and choose well as services face extreme pressures Health and care leaders across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are encouraging people to help their NHS, by getting vaccinated against flu and Covid-19 if they are eligible and choosing the right service for their needs. This follows extremely high demand across health [...]
5 December 2022 The latest data from UKHSA show that scarlet fever cases continue to remain higher than we would typically see at this time of year. There were 851 cases reported in week 46, compared to an average of 186 for the preceding years. Scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, but it is highly infectious. Therefore, look out for symptoms in your [...]
30 November 2022 Photo caption: Pictured are Harry’s parents, Stephen and Sally Johnson, and his brother Eric. A Shropshire children’s cancer charity has raised an extraordinary £70,000 to fund a static caravan to offer breaks to local families whose child is being cared for by the Children's Oncology Ward at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. The Harry Johnson [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford has signed the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) ‘Caring for You Charter’, committing to providing a healthy safe working environment for colleagues within Maternity Services. The charter, which was launched in 2016, aims to improve services for women and babies [...]
My name is Emily and I am a Maternity Support Worker (MSW) on the Postnatal ward. I have been an MSW for 12 months, and was previously a Women’s Service’s Assistant (WSA) for nine years, also based on the Postnatal Ward. I always knew I wanted to support women and their families in the journey into parenthood but didn’t realise [...]
I mentioned the Hospitals Transformation Programme last week and how important it is that everyone across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales gets the care they need, when they need it and my colleague Dr Steve McKew has also highlighted the importance of the improvements to planned care. By having a site that is dedicated and specialises in the [...]
We are always looking at ways to improve the care we give our patients and the latest fantastic news that our Trust has secured £24 million in total to create a purpose-built planned care hub is part of that journey. Work has started on the new hub which will provide more theatres and recovery beds dedicated to day case surgery. [...]
4 November 2022 There will be more volunteering opportunities for young people at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals thanks to a recent funding boost. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been awarded a grant worth over £86,000 from the new Volunteering Futures Fund - part of NHS Charities Together, and the Department for Digital, [...]
3 November 2022 A new £24million planned care hub is being purpose-built which will improve services and reduce the time that patients from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales are waiting for their operations. The new hub will provide more theatres and recovery beds dedicated to day case surgery, substantially increasing the number of same day operations that can [...]
A message from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System: Have you recently attended an outpatient service (a short appointment not requiring an overnight stay) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin? If you have, we would like to invite you to an online event to share your experience and views and help us improve services. The event will take place over MS [...]
