News – Page 164

Improved service offering a full range of midwifery services is up and running in Ludlow

An improved service offering a full range of midwifery services is up and running in Ludlow. The majority of services at Ludlow’s Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) transferred to the Stretton Ward at Ludlow Community Hospital last month and today (Monday 7 November) the birthing unit also re-opened. Jo Banks, Care Group Director for the Women and Children’s Care group at The [...]

Improved service offering a full range of midwifery services is up and running in LudlowEmily Lovell2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00

Charity cycle ride raises £455 for Cardiac Rehab Unit

A 100-mile charity cycle ride has raised £455 for the Cardiac Rehab Unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From left, Staff Nurse Hannah Edwards, Sister Sue Collinson, George Palmer and Staff Nurse Tina Blundred. Former patient George Palmer completed the event – known as Cockney Croc’s Cardiac Cycle Challenge – over two days in May and this [...]

Charity cycle ride raises £455 for Cardiac Rehab UnitEmily Lovell2017-11-08T11:41:29+00:00

Health Care Assistants given opportunity to achieve their dream job

Pictured, from left, Gemma Offland, Sister Fiona Farrington (Clinical Practice Facilitator at SaTH), Katy Preece and Joy Aloner. Not pictured, Nicola Perks. Four Health Care Assistants from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are taking part in a four year course to become qualified nurses. Nicola Perks, Katy Preece, Joy Aloner and Gemma Offland are continuing [...]

Health Care Assistants given opportunity to achieve their dream jobEmily Lovell2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00

We need your vote to build an outdoor gym

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are asking people to vote at their local Tesco store for a project to build an outdoor gym that will benefit the local community. The Tesco Bags of Help scheme is a grant that is available to support local projects that improve green spaces in communities across England, Wales and Scotland. The [...]

We need your vote to build an outdoor gymEmily Lovell2016-10-27T15:58:38+01:00

Pop-ups in Welshpool and Newtown offer the chance to get the real facts on NHS Future Fit

"The following information is from our partners at NHS Future Fit" Welshpool and Newtown are playing host to pop-up stands where people can find out more about the NHS Future Fit programme. They will also be able to see a newly prepared short animation which explains the programme. It has already been viewed over 8,000 times on Facebook alone.The pop-ups [...]

Pop-ups in Welshpool and Newtown offer the chance to get the real facts on NHS Future FitEmily Lovell2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00

New “Swan Rooms” to open at RSH

Two rooms which will provide privacy and dignity for patients at the end of their life The two “Swan Rooms” will build on the work being carried out by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to improve End of Life and Bereavement Care at RSH and at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford.are to be officially opened [...]

New “Swan Rooms” to open at RSHSath2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00

Trust acts quickly to provide maternity services in Ludlow

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has acted quickly to provide alternative solutions for women wanting to give birth in Ludlow. Less than a week after it was confirmed that SaTH temporarily suspended services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) due to concerns about the structural condition of the building, the Trust has arranged for services to be transferred [...]

Trust acts quickly to provide maternity services in LudlowEmily Lovell2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00

VIDEO: Improvements in Sepsis care

Patients being treated for Sepsis have seen huge improvements in their care at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals – thanks to the introduction of techniques used by ‘the USA’s Hospital of the Decade’. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been working to improve care for patients who suffer Sepsis and has been using techniques learnt from the Virginia [...]

VIDEO: Improvements in Sepsis careSath2017-02-18T15:25:04+00:00