for construction work updates at RSH
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
12 December 2025 A new Community Skills Centre has officially opened on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) construction site, providing local people with access to training and employment workshops to help them take their next steps into work. Delivered by VINCI Building – part of the joint venture with Integrated Health Projects (IHP) – in partnership with Shropshire Council, [...]
26 November 2025 Rotarians from Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club are joining forces with The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust (SaTH) in a new partnership that will boost hospital fundraising efforts. Working to make a real difference for patients and staff, Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club has agreed to establish unique sky gardens as a key feature of the new [...]
12 November 2025 Local health partners have joined forces with contractors at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to provide sessions and check-ups as part of a “High-Vis Health” scheme. Integrated Health Projects (IHP), the VINCI-led joint venture, is currently constructing a major four-storey expansion at RSH as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme, which is set to open in 2028. [...]
18 September 2025 Eight more modern patient bays are now open in the Emergency Department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) as part of ongoing refurbishment and redevelopment work. This follows new, larger purpose-built resuscitation bays and larger patient bays which opened in March this year. The whole department refurbishment, which is set to finish in 2027, is a [...]
6 August 2025 Work on a multi-million pound four-storey expansion of healthcare facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is on track to complete in 2028, as the one-year anniversary of construction approaches. The landscape at RSH has been transformed since building work began in July 2024, following the closure of the main Outpatient entrance. Half of the structure has [...]
5 August 2025 Please be aware that from Friday 8 August, we are expecting some large deliveries to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) as part of construction and installation of two new wards. The first delivery will take place at 6.30pm on Friday 8 August, with subsequent deliveries until Saturday 16 August. Deliveries will take place between two time frames [...]
