Issued by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin While some headlines talk about “Blue Monday,” there’s no scientific basis for a single ‘most depressing day.’ What matters is recognising winter can be hard and knowing support is available all season. Health and care leaders in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are encouraging residents to look after their mental and emotional wellbeing during [...]

5 January 2026 Huge improvements have been made to the diabetes service at the Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals, after an in-house team was recruited. The creation of the team, which is made up of four podiatrists, at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has already been deemed a success with them seeing more inpatients [...]

24 December 2025 A significant milestone has been reached with work being completed on the garden at the LINAC bunker site at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The garden is a calming, thoughtfully designed space, which will offer patients, families and staff a moment of peace during what can often be challenging times. The first patient was treated in September by [...]

23 December 2025 A prestigious national award has been presented to a hospital director for their significant contribution to healthcare finance. Carol McInnes, Director of Planning and Transformation at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been named ‘Finance Champion of the Year’ at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Awards. The award recognises and celebrates someone who [...]

16 December 2025 The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced strike action by resident doctors from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December. Regardless of any strike action taking place, it is really important that patients who need urgent medical care continue to come forward as normal, especially in emergency and serious life-threatening cases [...]