Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
3 April 2017 Telford & Wrekin Council’s leader and the Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) met today to discuss proposals around the future of A&E services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Councillor Shaun Davies and Simon Wright discussed a number of topics related to services at PRH during the 90-minute meeting. The meeting followed [...]
So its been 6 months since the new website launched, wow that flew by. As the Web Development Team our aim is to continually improve your web experience. Your views are very important to us as they help to improve the service we provide. We welcome any kind of feedback regarding the website, whether positive or negative as this helps [...]
29 March 2017 At a Board Meeting of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) tomorrow (Thursday 30 March 2017), the Board will consider a proposal that states that unless the Trust can recruit more A&E Consultants or Locum Doctors within 6 months it will have to temporarily suspend services at the Emergency Department (A&E) at the Princess Royal [...]
28 March 2017 A meeting of the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will take place on Thursday 30 March 2017. The Board meeting will be held at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. A meeting in public will be held from 1pm and will be preceded at 12.30pm by an "open session" [...]
27 March 2017 Neurology Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will be temporarily unavailable to new referrals from Tuesday (28 March 2017). The service has experienced some difficulties in managing the demand of referrals. SaTH currently has two Consultant Neurologists supported by one Locum. The national average is one Neurologist per 80,000 people, which would equate [...]
24 March 2017 Simon Wright, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, looks at the Trust’s work in improving Maternity Services How does the NHS help families when the most tragic of events happens…a baby dies? Simon Wright Honesty, compassion, kindness, support, humanity and learning must surely all feature strongly in any response. Our maternity [...]
22 March 2017 Proposals are being put forward to make Shropshire’s two acute hospitals smoking-free areas by the end of the year. The move is part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) mission to help the people it serves become the healthiest half million on the planet. Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of ill health [...]
20 March 2017 Helen and Patrick Snodgrass with Stanley and Heidi. A couple from North Shropshire who were told they couldn’t have children have written a poem to thank staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for making their dreams come true. Helen and Patrick Snodgrass, of Peplow, near Hodnet, say their lives were forever changed for the better [...]
20 March 2017 A second café for people living with dementia is to open at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Golden Moments café will open at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Tuesday 4 April. It follows the successful launch of the Precious Times café at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which is held [...]
17 March 2017 Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have been marking Nutrition and Hydration Week by educating people about the importance of a good diet. Speech and Language Therapists and Dietitians with the stand With around three million people in the UK at risk of malnutrition, the aim of the week (March 13-17) is to raise awareness [...]
