Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
Friday 6 January 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has introduced a range of initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of staff at work – including those whose absence is due to stress. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, has seen a [...]
Thursday 5 January 2017 The following is a message from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Health chiefs across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are asking people to consider using alternatives to accident and emergency units. There has been a large increase in demand locally, and health leaders are reminding people suffering from minor [...]
Ludlow Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily closed from 8pm tonight (Thursday 5 January 2017) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 6 January 2017). Midwives are still available on call for home births. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow MLU who go into labour during the temporary closure will be offered a home birth or birth on another MLU. If [...]
4 January 2017 A new café for people living with dementia has been set up by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Karen Breese The Precious Times café will operate at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford on the last Tuesday of every month, with the first session on 24 January from 2pm – 3.30pm. [...]
Our two hospitals are currently very busy and we are asking people to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time-consuming, is really necessary. There are a number of alternatives to A&E, which should only be used for very serious injury or illness. Sara Biffen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at The Shrewsbury and Telford [...]
Wednesday 4 January 2017 Organisers of an annual Shropshire hospital-to-hospital fundraiser today announced plans for their biggest event yet – amid hopes it could help them top the £100,000 mark for money raised for charity since it began. The Butterfly Effect will take place between the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 22 [...]
Shropshire has one of the largest colorectal cancer units in the country – and the service could grow even further if plans to transform health facilities in the county go ahead, surgeons vowed today. A total of 936 planned Colorectal Cancer operations for potential cure were carried out in the past five years at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) [...]
Patients across Shropshire are receiving a variety of services to help them recuperate thanks to close working between Therapists at Shropshire’s acute hospitals and in the community. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) Therapy teams provide support to patients needing everything from physiotherapy and occupational therapy to those needing support with their speech and language or with their [...]
Several temporary closures of our Midwife Led Units (MLU) took place during December 2016. The temporary closures were as follows: Sunday 25 December 2016: Bridgnorth MLU and Shrewsbury MLU were both temporarily closed from 8pm until 8am. Thursday 29 December 2016: Oswestry MLU was temporarily closed from 8pm until 8am. Friday 31 December 2016: Ludlow MLU was temporarily closed from [...]
Members of staff from the Facilities Department at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have completed a new Supervisor Development Programme. Members of the Facilities Department are presented with certificates by Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance (left) The six-day programme, which took place one day a month over six months, was completed by 14 members of staff from teams [...]
