Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
The National Conversation is a UK-wide listening initiative asking people what they value about community life and the communities they want to build together. Why does this matter to the NHS? Because community connection is one of the strongest determinants of health and wellbeing. The colleagues and patients we work with every day see — and feel — what's working and [...]
12 August 2026 Patients at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford are benefiting from the latest robotic technology, which is helping to reduce the time they spend in hospital following complex operations. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has expanded its use of robotic assisted surgery (RAS) with a new robot system based in the Elective [...]
We were informed by Beacon, which provides an online system for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity, and Community Engagement teams, that it had experienced a data security breach. Beacon has engaged specialist cyber security experts to investigate the incident and the investigation is currently ongoing. We are being kept informed by Beacon Client Relationship Management (CRM) of any significant updates, [...]
10 August 2026 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been shortlisted for three prestigious national awards – including Trust of the Year. The Trust has been announced as a finalist in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2026 in the following categories: Trust of the Year Award Performance Recovery Award and Modernising Diagnostics Award The Trust runs [...]
6 August 2026 The countdown is on to find your healthcare hero in the Annual Moving to Excellence Awards for the NHS Group, which provides acute and community healthcare in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom) and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are inviting people to nominate teams or individuals who have made [...]
4 August 2026 The local NHS is asking people to take simple steps to stay safe and well when the weather is hot. Lots of people enjoy warm weather, but it can also make people ill. Older people, young children, pregnant women and people with long-term health problems are more likely to become unwell in hot weather. When it’s hot [...]
28 July 2026 Swapping their NHS roles for running shoes, colleagues proudly represented the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity, raising an incredible £570, as they took on the Wace Morgan Shrewsbury 5 or 10K. The colleagues from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) put their best foot forward. Colleagues from SaTH took part in the Shrewsbury [...]
Monday 27 July From 8am on Wednesday 29 July, the entrance for patients walking into the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will change. If you are attending ED as a walk-in patient, please use the newly constructed entrance on the left-hand side of the ED building, accessed via the road leading to the department. Clear signage will [...]
24 July 2026 Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre is marking World IVF Day by reflecting on how its service has helped thousands of people fulfil their dream of having a family. World IVF Day commemorates the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first baby conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), on 25 July 1978. What was once an experimental [...]
16 July 2026 Patients having scans and tests provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said their care was kind and compassionate and they were treated with dignity and respect. The feedback was highlighted in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an inspection of the diagnostic imaging service provided at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), [...]
