Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
24 October 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit has fully re-opened following a £500,000 refurbishment, which was designed with the help of mothers, their families and staff. Services at the MLU, which is based in the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, had to be relocated to another part of the building back in February after heavy winter snowfall caused [...]
24 October 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is among the best in the country for making sure patients wait no longer than 18 weeks between seeing their GP and having treatment at hospital. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has hit the hit national 92% referral to treatment (RTT) for 12 of the past [...]
23 October 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has taken immediate action to address all the areas raised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to ensure it offers a safe and kind environment for the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. Dr Edwin Borman, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: [...]
19 October 2018 The Chief Executive of the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals met with officials from the Indian Consulate in Birmingham today to explore ways of preventing an overnight closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Simon Wright, from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), attended the [...]
17 October 2018 Dr Edwin Borman, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said: “Plans to temporarily suspend overnight emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford will not be approved until the Board are assured that watertight plans are in place for every patient to receive the safest pathway of care. “The pathways [...]
17 October 2018 The Chief Executive of the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to meet officials from the Indian Consulate in Birmingham in the latest attempt to recruit more staff to the county’s two A&E Departments. Simon Wright from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will attend the meeting tomorrow (Thursday 18 October) along with [...]
10 October 2018 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Council: Health colleagues across Shropshire are encouraging young people and adults throughout the county to look after their mental health as they do their physical health, through a new campaign being launched today, World Mental Health Day (Wednesday 10 October 2018). The ‘Every Mind Matters’ campaign, led by [...]
10 October 2018 Efforts to recruit additional staff to keep the A&E department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford open overnight are continuing. The department currently remains open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. However, the A&E could close between 8pm and 8am because of staffing issues which have been having an increasing impact on the safe care of patients over a [...]
8 October 2018 Consultants at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have issued an open letter to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales stating their support for the Trust's leadership. The letter can be seen below: To the people of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales, We would like to thank the local [...]
8 October 2018 Patients who were diagnosed and received treatment for cancer at SaTH felt they were treated with dignity and care and given the right support information, according to a new report. Those who responded to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2017 also felt that they were given explanations about test results in an understandable way and that [...]
