Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
27 January 2017 The following message is from our partners at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. Whilst the buildings containing services SaTH provides (Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit and our Renal Unit at Ludlow) are not affected by the work outlined below, it may cause issues with parking and noise for our patients using these services: NHS Property Services is carrying out essential [...]
We have today issued a special edition of our Putting Patients First Newsletter. This edition focuses on our Sustainable Services Programme and provides a greater level of detail around the preferred option. Whilst NHS Future Fit is currently on hold, work is still ongoing to develop The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Sustainable Services Programme, which feeds into this. The [...]
25 January 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed today it will not renew the contract of Malling Health Wrekin when it runs out in July and reinvest resources in local GP practices. The decision will be ratified by the CCG’s Primary Care [...]
24 January 2017 Consultants in Shropshire today shared how they have explored the benefits and pitfalls of transforming emergency care from other organisations which have been through similar experiences. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) proposes creating a single Emergency Centre at either the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) or Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford with Planned Care [...]
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 [...]
