News – Page 152

New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units

Press release issued on behalf of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group: Date: 13 July 2017 New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units New parents and mums-to-be are being invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units (MLUs), as part of a review by Shropshire, and Telford and [...]

New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led unitsSally Orrell2017-07-17T07:45:49+01:00

Almost £60,000 funding boost to improve the safety of maternity services

11 July 2017 Shropshire’s maternity service has been awarded almost £60,000 to deliver training to improve safety. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the service was awarded £59,882 from Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund. Nationally more than £8million has been distributed to 136 NHS Trusts, including all 134 acute Trusts with maternity units. [...]

Almost £60,000 funding boost to improve the safety of maternity servicesClaire Dunn2017-07-11T11:55:08+01:00

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRH

11 July 2017 A 230ft high crane has now removed an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) – to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) [...]

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRHSally Orrell2017-07-11T09:16:18+01:00

Hospital staff don pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis

6 July 2017 Hospital staff in Shropshire donned their pyjamas to highlight a campaign which is designed to help patients recover more quickly – by simply maintaining their daily routine. Staff on Ward 11 at PRH (including Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing Midwifery and Quality, far right) in their pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis Nurses, Health Care Assistants and [...]

Hospital staff don pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysisClaire Dunn2017-07-06T14:30:02+01:00

Trust wins national award for cancer app

5 July 2017 Mr Andy Elves, Consultant Urologist; Sheena Khanduri, Clinical Lead for Cancer Services and Richard Pope, Clinical Director for Dynamic Health Systems, who helped develop the app, with the award. An interactive App developed to help cancer patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has won a prestigious national Patient Safety Award. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]

Trust wins national award for cancer appClaire Dunn2017-07-06T14:35:03+01:00

Family donates £2,500 to create new Swan Room at PRH

5 July 2017 A family has donated around £2,500 to create a new room at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford which will provide privacy and dignity for patients at the end of their life. The new Swan Room was officially opened on Ward 8 on Monday (3 July 2017) by relatives of Hugh Dawson, who passed away on [...]

Family donates £2,500 to create new Swan Room at PRHClaire Dunn2017-11-08T11:36:07+00:00

Ready, Steady, Shropshire Big Bake!

It’s time to get your mixing bowls out and dust off your apron in preparation for The Shropshire Big Bake. The Shropshire Big Bake promises to be one of the region’s most competitive baking competitions when it is judged at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Charity Fun Day on July 22. Entry is free, although donations will be [...]

Ready, Steady, Shropshire Big Bake!Claire Dunn2017-11-08T11:36:45+00:00

Huge crane to lift out old MRI scanner at PRH

30 June 2017 A 230ft high crane will remove an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in July 2017– to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is replacing its two existing MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanners, one of which is at PRH [...]

Huge crane to lift out old MRI scanner at PRHClaire Dunn2017-06-30T14:51:46+01:00

Interim measures for Midwife-Led Units approved

29 June 2017 Proposals to temporarily suspend services at Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry for between three and six months were approved today (Thursday 29 June 2017). The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has faced a combination of short-term and long-term sickness in recent months, as well as a significant fall in the number [...]

Interim measures for Midwife-Led Units approvedClaire Dunn2017-07-11T08:25:28+01:00

Further improvements will be made to Maternity services following internal report

29 June 2017 The trust which runs maternity services in Shropshire has today published a report looking at the service over the last 10 years. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) strives to give the safest and kindest care to all mums and babies we look after. Whilst we achieve this on most occasions, we know we don’t [...]

Further improvements will be made to Maternity services following internal reportClaire Dunn2017-06-30T09:26:03+01:00