Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
Friday 6 December 2024 From our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Council A ladies knitting group, funded through Telford & Wrekin Council, has handmade a hundred kindness hearts to bring comfort to patients receiving end of life care and their families. Penny Watson and Miriam Gilbert from SaTH's palliative and end of life care team with ladies from [...]
Friday 6 December Currently the construction site is being set up to safely demolish Elizabeth House at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Please be aware that from Monday 16 December, the entrance into the hospital building by Elizabeth House will close. Patients and visitors who previously accessed the hospital building through the entrance by Elizabeth House will be able [...]
3 December 2024 A £1 million research study which could revolutionise the diagnosis of colorectal cancer not just in the county but potentially worldwide has been launched at the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford. The TRIOMIC study will reduce the amount of time patients are waiting and worrying about a colorectal cancer diagnosis. A new test is being [...]
2 December 2024 Please be aware that from 6am on Friday 6 December, we will be introducing a one-way traffic system on parts of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site, which will help manage the flow of traffic with increased construction vehicles on site. Vehicles entering the site from the roundabout at Mytton Oak Road will be able to travel to [...]
26 November 2024 Paula Gardner will join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as Interim Chief Nursing Officer in early December 2024. Paula is an experienced nurse who has worked in NHS acute trusts for over 40 years, including most recently as Interim Chief Nursing Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and before this as [...]
26 November 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust held a celebration to mark the contribution of their members of staff who have completed 25, 40 and even an incredible 50 years of service. Over forty members of staff with more than 1,660 years’ experience between them, who work at both Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal [...]
19 November 2024 The winner of this year’s Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award has been announced as part of an award ceremony for the Trust which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. Janice Llewellyn, Children’s Oncology and Haematology Nurse, was crowned the winner in the only category that patients, families and members of the public can nominate and vote [...]
The courtyard on Ward 32 (Trauma and Orthopaedics) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been redeveloped with the help of SaTH Charity. The gardening team at RSH has worked closely with the ward staff to create raised beds, filled with sensory items that can support patients who have memory issues to connect with nature and memories of their gardens. [...]
13 November 2024 Hayley Flavell, Executive Director of Nursing at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has announced she is leaving the Trust at the end of November 2024. Hayley will be joining the Florence Nightingale Foundation – a charity supporting nurses and midwives; bringing her passion for education and people development, and supporting the future of [...]
7 November 2024 A learning and development celebration was held at the Trust, which runs the county’s two acute hospitals, to recognise the fantastic achievements of more than 700 members of staff. The event was part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) Recognition Week. Certificates of recognition were handed out to staff, including for those who had [...]
