Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
12 April 2018 Bubble football, a Nerf gun arena, Army medics, music and food, including a barbeque provided by Rapid Relief Team – these are just some of the attractions that will greet visitors to a special charity fun day which will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The event, which will also feature a 5km charity fun run, [...]
6 April 2018 Hospital bosses are delighted after receiving a congratulatory letter from NHS Improvement. The Executive Director of Nursing has congratulated staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for its “excellent contribution” toward reducing E. coli bloodstream infections. SaTH, which runs Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has reduced infections by more than [...]
5 April 2018 Let’s talk poop and how laboratory assistants at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are improving the accuracy of C. diff test results. Alan Jackson holds a sample You might want to go ‘ewww’ and wonder what kind of people talk about this stuff in polite company, but a team of white coats from the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
4 April 2018 Shropshire patients have been taking part in exercise classes to music from the 40s and 50s as part of a drive to get them up, dressed in their own clothes and moving to boost their recovery. Jane Smith (right) and Liz Davies with Physiotherapist Erin Tsang Patients on Ward 16 at the Princess Royal Hospital [...]
3 April 2018 A Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) has opened at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer The unit has been opened to help ease pressure on the Emergency Department and reduce unnecessary admissions. Patients will be able to use the CDU to await test results, wait for an investigation to be [...]
3 April 2018 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are to invest in more junior doctors to support the demands on our medical wards and improve 24-hour cover at both Emergency Departments. Simon Wright, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) today revealed funding for an additional 30 junior doctors over the next two [...]
28 March 2018 The following news is from our partners at NHS Future Fit. For more information please view the special edition of our Safest and Kindest Newsletter. Half a million people living in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are set to benefit from a capital funding injection of £300 million to transform their local hospital services. The [...]
27 March 2018 Visitors and staff at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford can expect a blooming lovely welcome over the new few weeks. Luke Hickman with the crocus he helped to plant Ten thousand crocus bulbs planted by schoolchildren last year have sprung up, creating beautiful swathes of purple either side of the footpaths from the car park [...]
26 March 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will complete its first ever ‘Let’s Crack It’ fortnight from today (Monday 26 March) in a bid to improve patient journeys through our hospitals and ensure they are discharged as soon as they are medically fit to leave. During the weeks either side of the Easter holidays the Trust will [...]
26 March 2018 A pensioner from Wellington is having his genetic code mapped to help launch a scientific revolution in the fight against a rare disease that limits your ability to walk. Michael Bradley has suspected Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) and on Friday 23 March he became The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) 100th patient to take part [...]
