Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
24 January 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to experience very high levels of demand, with health officials repeating their call for people to think about whether their visit to A&E is really necessary. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford continue to see a rising number of patients coming to A&E, with almost 100 more patients [...]
24 January 2017 Discounted parking is available for some patients using Shropshire’s acute hospitals – and parking is free of charge for up to 30 minutes. The free 30 minutes gives people picking up and dropping off patients or visitors to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) or Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford an option to do so without incurring [...]
23 January 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals will showcase its innovative Cancer App at a prestigious national health conference later this year. The web App has been developed by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, to help patients understand and monitor the side effects of [...]
20 January 2017 Two recruitment days for Staff Nurses at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will take place over the next few weeks. The events are part of efforts by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to recruit more Nurses and Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) to work at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford [...]
20 January 2017 Junior surgeons across the UK are getting hands-on experience of how to deliver outstanding patient care, thanks to a new training programme developed by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The West Midlands Surgical Skills Course, which takes place at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, teaches basic skills, such as wound management, plastering and [...]
Recent temporary overnight closures of Midwife Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire were purely due to staffing issues, mainly illness, or high demand, bosses said today. Jo Banks, Women and Children’s Care Group Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said she wanted to reassure pregnant women, and the wider community, that there were no hidden motives behind the [...]
18 January 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is inviting people to share their experiences of cancer at a special event to mark World Cancer Day. The Open House event will take place at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) between 10am and midday on Friday 3 February. It has been organised by [...]
12 January 2017 Staff have been praised for delivering “fantastic” care as Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to face high demand. High numbers of attendances at A&E Departments, coupled with large numbers of admissions, have led to fresh calls for people to think carefully about whether they need the specialist services that A&E provides. But despite the demand, staff at the [...]
12 January 2017 Health and social care partners have met to review the progress being made to strengthen the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for the local population of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan aims to describe how the health and social care system can remain fit for the future, help patients to become healthier [...]
11 January 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to be incredibly busy and people are asked to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time consuming, is really necessary. A total of 596 patients attended the A&E Departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford yesterday (10 January 2017) [...]
