Maternity
10 September 2024 Following the success of its previous open days, Maternity Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will once again open their doors to the public on Saturday 28 September 2024. Taking place from 10am-3pm at the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre, part of the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, the open day will offer hourly [...]
9 February 2024 A new survey by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that women are listened to, treated with respect and dignity, and involved in decisions about their care at the Trust that provides maternity services for women in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. The 2023 CQC Maternity Survey involved 121 NHS Trusts in England and [...]
6 February 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has recruited 10 internationally-trained midwives to its maternity services, with a commitment to recruit a further two midwives from overseas each year to be more representative of its local communities. Each midwife has been through an extensive induction and training period to equip them for practice in the UK. [...]
Following the success of its previous open day, Maternity Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will once again open their doors to the public on Saturday 24 February 2024. Taking place from 10am-3pm at the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre, part of the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, the open day will offer hourly guided tours [...]
The Trust that runs maternity services for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales has taken delivery of 25 new CTG (Cardiotocography) machines, 15 of which have the option of wireless monitoring, allowing women to be mobile during labour. The new CTG machines, which are used during pregnancy and labour to monitor the baby’s heartbeat, will be used in Delivery Suite, [...]
22 August 2023 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will reintroduce charges for scan photos within its Maternity Services from Monday 4 September. Fees, which were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain at: £5 for one photograph £10 for three photographs Payments are by card only. Please note that if the option of three photographs is selected, they [...]
11 May 2023 A Shropshire couple have thanked maternity and neonatal services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for their care after their baby girl, born 16 weeks early and the same size as her cuddly toy octopus [pictured], was discharged from hospital this week. Kimberley and James Leith, from Horsehay, both work at SaTH and have kept [...]
A maternity services open day will be held by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) on Saturday 13 May to allow those who are pregnant, considering parenthood or who have an interest in maternity services to learn more. Taking place from 11am-4pm at the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre, part of the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, the [...]
17 February 2023 Certificates to recognise “a special contribution to service user care” have been awarded to staff across maternity services. Created by the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, special contribution certificates have been given to a wide range of staff, including midwives, consultants, housekeepers, women’s services assistants, health visitors and mental health services. More than [...]
12 January 2023 A new survey by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that women are treated with dignity and respect whilst receiving antenatal care, and during labour and birth, at the Trust that provides maternity services for women in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. The 2022 CQC Maternity Survey involved 121 NHS Trusts in England and [...]
