Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

What does 1948 mean to you?

19 February 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is looking for people for whom 1948 was a particularly special year. Student nurses in Shropshire, who trained between the years of 1948 (the year the NHS was created) and 1951. As part of its plans to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, SaTH wants to [...]

What does 1948 mean to you?2020-10-21T15:20:01+01:00

Family says thank you by fundraising for neonatal unit

15 February 2018 Eight-month-old twin sisters Tali and Nina Owen-Tranter were born eight weeks prematurely weighing around 3lbs each. Tali and Nina with Julie Houlston, Neonatal Sister It meant that they needed specialist care in the neonatal unit at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, where they spent a month before finally being allowed to go home after [...]

Family says thank you by fundraising for neonatal unit2018-02-15T15:35:52+00:00

Record number of staff vaccinated against flu virus

15 February 2018 A record number of frontline healthcare workers at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have had their flu jab this winter. More than 75% of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital, have had the jab since the ‘Who Ya [...]

Record number of staff vaccinated against flu virus2018-02-15T16:18:06+00:00

Extended suspension of services at Oswestry MLU

9 February 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be suspended until 25 February 2018 to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Our mums are choosing to have their babies in our Consultant-led unit over our rural MLUs, such as Oswestry. To protect their safety during the birth, we are having to look [...]

Extended suspension of services at Oswestry MLU2018-02-09T17:17:04+00:00

NHS 111 service to take calls out-of-hours across Shropshire From July 2018

9 February 2018 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) From Tuesday 3 July, 2018 people across Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire who need urgent GP out-of-hours medical help or advice will need to call 111. This is because the current Shropdoc telephone number will no longer be in use [...]

NHS 111 service to take calls out-of-hours across Shropshire From July 20182018-02-09T12:10:05+00:00

SaTH switches to ‘greener’ drinking straws

9 February 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is switching to biodegradable drinking straws as it continues its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. Catering Operations Manager Ian Stuart with the new biodegradable straws The straws will be available, when required, at the Caffe Bistro outlets and the canteens at both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) [...]

SaTH switches to ‘greener’ drinking straws2018-02-09T11:39:14+00:00

Birthing services to resume as Shrewsbury MLU relocates

2 February 2018 Mums-to-be will be able to deliver their babies at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) when it relocates next week. The MLU is being relocated to another part of the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to allow further repair work to take place after last month’s heavy snowfall caused damage to the roof. Birthing and [...]

Birthing services to resume as Shrewsbury MLU relocates2018-02-02T15:11:43+00:00

Golden ticket for student nurses

31 January 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to offer “golden tickets” to student nurses to increase recruitment. Faye Crump, 2nd year student; Helen Jenkinson, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality at SaTH and Mary Farmer, return to practice student, with a Golden Ticket. Instead of a formal interview, student nurses from Staffordshire University [...]

Golden ticket for student nurses2018-01-31T14:13:44+00:00

‘Open House’ event to mark World Cancer Day

31 January 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is marking World Cancer Day with an ‘Open House’ on Friday 2 February. The event will be an opportunity for people to come and meet healthcare professionals from the Trust who provide care for people with cancer and support groups, including Macmillan Cancer information and Macmillan Welfare Rights and [...]

‘Open House’ event to mark World Cancer Day2018-01-31T12:18:16+00:00

Mums confident in Shropshire maternity services, national survey finds

30 January 2018 New mums in Shropshire are treated with respect and dignity, listened to and given the help they need. Those are the findings of the latest survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The survey also found that women who raised concerns during their pregnancy or delivery had those concerns taken [...]

Mums confident in Shropshire maternity services, national survey finds2018-01-30T09:35:25+00:00