Maternity
An appeal is being made for communities to share ideas for murals which will transform a number of clinical spaces at PRH and make them more comforting for patients. The call out has been made by the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and SaTH inviting ideas for artwork to be featured in Maternity and Gynaecology Services. The LMNS and [...]
14 April 2022 Below is an open letter from Chief Executive, Louise Barnett. This letter can also be read here. An open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust On Wednesday 30 March 2022, Mrs Donna Ockenden published her final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at our hospitals. The report is devastating [...]
13 January 2022 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Neonatal Unit has achieved the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Stage One accreditation. The Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) is a global programme first launched in 1994, and extended to neonatal units in 2012, by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation to support breastfeeding and parent-infant relationships by improving standards of care. [...]
29 November 2021 A world-leading clinical COVID-19 vaccination trial for pregnant women has started at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) with the first two volunteers recruited. The Preg-CoV study being carried out at SaTH will look at the best COVID-19 vaccine dose interval for pregnant women with the results helping researchers understand how the vaccine works to [...]
20 September 2021 Given the current pressures in the NHS generally and at SaTH specifically, and the uncertainties these might be causing, we thought it would be useful to give an update on the position of our maternity services. With COVID-19 numbers still high – certain parts of the local communities around our hospitals have infection rates significantly above the [...]
5 August 2021 A new way for women and their families across the region to keep track of their pregnancy journey is to be rolled-out at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. SaTH will start using the new electronic system, called BadgerNet, from 9 August, in a move that will give birthing women greater control over their pregnancy record [...]
1 June 2021 Visiting will be extended at the antenatal and postnatal wards at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford after the Trust which runs the hospital eased restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From today, a single, named person will be able to stay on the wards from 9am. Unfortunately it is not possible to allow [...]
26 May 2021 The next meeting of the Ockenden Report Assurance Committee (ORAC) will take place on Thursday 27 May from 9am-11.30am. The event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. To live stream the event please click here. ORAC was formed to drive forward actions arising from the first Ockenden Report into maternity services, which was published in 2020. The [...]
28 April 2021 Parents and guardians of babies receiving care on the Neonatal Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford will be able to spend time with their baby whenever they want after restrictions brought in due to the COVID-19 pandemic were relaxed. Two parents, or a parent and named guardian, are now able to visit the [...]
6 April 2021 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) will be working together to communicate openly and receive feedback from women and families as the Trust implements required actions from the first Ockenden Report. SaTH, which runs maternity services for women in Shropshire, Telford, Wrekin and mid Wales will receive expert [...]
