Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit

22 May 2017 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Monday 22 May 2017) until 8am tomorrow (23 May 2017). Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU. If any women due to give birth [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit2017-05-22T15:58:10+01:00

New campaign to help reduce the risk of falls in older people

22 May 2017 The following information is provided by our colleagues  at Shropshire Council Residents and organisations across Shropshire are being asked to support a new campaign to help older people reduce their risk of falling. The ‘Let’s talk about the F-word’ campaign launched today (Monday, 22 May 2017) is being led by Shropshire’s public health service Help2Change and Age [...]

New campaign to help reduce the risk of falls in older people2017-05-22T10:23:59+01:00

Chief Operating Officer Debbie to retire in December

19 May 2017 The Chief Operating Officer at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to retire at the end of the year. Debbie Kadum (left) will step down from her post on 17 December 2017 after five years at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and more than 36 years in the NHS. One of [...]

Chief Operating Officer Debbie to retire in December2017-05-19T09:01:49+01:00

Trust’s first dementia conference a huge success

19 May 2017 A conference held in Shropshire to look at ways to improve care for people living with dementia has proved a huge success. Karen Breese (left) and George Rook (right) with Chris Roberts and Jayne Goodrick Around 200 people attended the conference – Changing Dementia Care –at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]

Trust’s first dementia conference a huge success2017-05-19T08:55:08+01:00

Eye appointment outpatient clinics moving location in Shropshire

19 May 2017 Eye appointments provided in the Outpatients Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) are moving location. Paediatric (children’s) ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are currently provided in Clinic 10 at RSH, will temporarily move to the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford from 30 May 2017. Adult ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are also currently provided in Clinic 10 [...]

Eye appointment outpatient clinics moving location in Shropshire2017-05-19T08:46:02+01:00

Classic stories to be brought to life for young patients

18 May 2017 Three classic stories will be brought to life to bring some sunshine to young patients being treated at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Starlight Children's Foundation is to bring its Storytellers Tour to patients on the Children’s Ward in the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre at PRH on Wednesday (24 May 2017). Starlight is national [...]

Classic stories to be brought to life for young patients2017-05-18T08:35:09+01:00

Ensuring the best experience for patients being treated for cancer

18 May 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals hit all of its performance targets for cancer waiting times in 2016/2017, figures revealed today. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, hit all of the targets despite the great demand on its services. Dr [...]

Ensuring the best experience for patients being treated for cancer2017-05-18T08:21:51+01:00

Celebrating over 50,000 West Midlands patients participating in clinical research in one year

16 May 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at the National Institute for Health Research NHS Organisations across the West Midlands will be celebrating International Clinical Trials Day this Friday (20 May) to raise awareness about how patients can get involved in and contribute to research. The Clinical Research Network West Midlands has published figures showing 56,821 patients [...]

Celebrating over 50,000 West Midlands patients participating in clinical research in one year2017-05-16T15:19:18+01:00

Temporary closure of Malling Health Wrekin GP Practice and Walk-In Service

16 May 2017 The following information is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Malling Health Wrekin practice and Walk-in Service will be temporarily CLOSED, this Thursday (18 May 2017) from 1.30pm and re-open again at 8am on Friday, 19 May 2017. Temporary closure to the Telford practice and walk-in service located at Princess Royal Hospital, is [...]

Temporary closure of Malling Health Wrekin GP Practice and Walk-In Service2017-05-16T13:08:45+01:00

Update on the Cyber Security Incident Within the NHS

Sara Biffen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “As has been widely reported, on Friday (12 May 2017) a large number of NHS Trusts were affected by a computer virus that was contained in an email attachment. Unfortunately, the virus was detected on a small number of machines at SaTH. “As a [...]

Update on the Cyber Security Incident Within the NHS2017-05-15T16:01:59+01:00