Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
13 June 2025 Work has officially begun on a £16.2m project at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) which will see the installation of heat pumps, solar panels and energy efficiency measures to reduce the site’s carbon footprint by over 3,000 tonnes a year. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs RSH, secured funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation [...]
13 June 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is raising awareness of the realities of living with diabetes, including the importance of foot health and early detection of complications – during Diabetes Week (9-15 June) People living with diabetes face challenges that can impact on every part of their life but with the right support and [...]
12 June 2025 A hospital consultant has been recognised in national Medical Educator Awards. Dr Dodiy Herman, Emergency Medicine Consultant at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has been honoured with a highly commended recognition in the Outstanding Contribution to Teaching by an Individual category at the Medical Educator Awards 2025, presented by Medical Education Leaders UK. [...]
12 June 2025 Using oral paracetamol instead of intravenous (IV) is improving patient care, reducing carbon emissions and saving money at a local hospital Trust. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, is now prescribing oral paracetamol in place of IV paracetamol for some surgical [...]
11 June 2025 Nearly 5,000 patients have had their operations at the elective surgery hub at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which is celebrating its first birthday. £24 million was invested in the dedicated planned care facility, which is reducing the amount of time that patients – both adults and children - are waiting for surgery. Waiting lists for [...]
11 June 2025 Welcome to Impact magazine – our quarterly update on the transformation work that is happening across the Trust. Inside this Q1 edition: How we are trialling new ways of working to reduce waits for urgent and emergency care The steps we are taking to improve access to diagnostic tests and scans, and elective care The work [...]
9 June 2025 Monday 2 June marked the start of Volunteers’ Week – a week that is celebrated nationally and shines a light on the incredible impact that volunteers make. Throughout the week, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, thanked those who give their time freely to help patients and hospital [...]
6 June 2025 A new £5million fundraising appeal has been launched to double the capacity of chemotherapy provision in the region – and bring a dedicated cancer treatment centre to Telford. The ‘Sunflower Appeal’ has been launched by Lingen Davies Cancer Support, the region’s primary cancer charity, and the funds will be used to develop the Lingen Davies Cancer [...]
05 June 2025 A new volunteer driver scheme is helping patients to get home quicker after they are discharged from hospital. The pilot scheme has just been launched at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. Volunteers drive home patients who are unable to get home themselves because they are not eligible for patient transport or could have long [...]
4 June 2025 An NHS worker has been recognised for her work to address health inequalities among patients experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping in Shropshire. Natalie Chambers, a Pathway Zero Coordinator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has been honoured with the prestigious William Farr Special Award. The Pathway Zero (PW0) team, of which Natalie is [...]
