Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
10 August 2026 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been shortlisted for three prestigious national awards – including Trust of the Year. The Trust has been announced as a finalist in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2026 in the following categories: Trust of the Year Award Performance Recovery Award and Modernising Diagnostics Award The Trust runs [...]
6 August 2026 The countdown is on to find your healthcare hero in the Annual Moving to Excellence Awards for the NHS Group, which provides acute and community healthcare in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom) and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are inviting people to nominate teams or individuals who have made [...]
4 August 2026 The local NHS is asking people to take simple steps to stay safe and well when the weather is hot. Lots of people enjoy warm weather, but it can also make people ill. Older people, young children, pregnant women and people with long-term health problems are more likely to become unwell in hot weather. When it’s hot [...]
28 July 2026 Swapping their NHS roles for running shoes, colleagues proudly represented the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Charity, raising an incredible £570, as they took on the Wace Morgan Shrewsbury 5 or 10K. The colleagues from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) put their best foot forward. Colleagues from SaTH took part in the Shrewsbury [...]
Monday 27 July From 8am on Wednesday 29 July, the entrance for patients walking into the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will change. If you are attending ED as a walk-in patient, please use the newly constructed entrance on the left-hand side of the ED building, accessed via the road leading to the department. Clear signage will [...]
24 July 2026 Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre is marking World IVF Day by reflecting on how its service has helped thousands of people fulfil their dream of having a family. World IVF Day commemorates the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first baby conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), on 25 July 1978. What was once an experimental [...]
16 July 2026 Patients having scans and tests provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said their care was kind and compassionate and they were treated with dignity and respect. The feedback was highlighted in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an inspection of the diagnostic imaging service provided at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), [...]
15 July 2026 A collaborative community garden project has won a Gold award at Gardeners' World Live while creating a relaxing outdoor space at Bishops Castle Community Hospital. The project began when dedicated volunteers at Bishops Castle Community Hospital set out to create a new, therapeutic outdoor space for the hospital. Working alongside professional garden designer Pippa Wilcox and Cardiac [...]
10 July 2026 The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group is inviting patients to share their experiences and help create a vision for exceptional patient experience and care. A series of ‘In Your Shoes’ meetings will be held this month (July) as part of an organisation-wide initiative, which aims to improve the quality of every patients’ [...]
10 July 2026 The Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals, held a celebration to mark the contribution of their members of staff who have clocked up more than 1,500 years NHS service. Over 50 members of staff from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) gathered [...]
