Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
29 July 2025 SaTH Charity’s Swan Fund has celebrated a milestone birthday, turning 10 years old and raising over £100,000 thanks to the generosity of the public. The fund was created in 2015 with a £500 donation collected at the funeral of Jules Lewis’ father Harold who died at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The money raised is used to [...]
28 July 2025 Issued by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin This winter, health leaders from across the county’s Integrated Care System are driving a major shift towards more community-based care. The scheme is aimed at supporting patients to recover from illness and injury closer to home, in more familiar and comfortable surroundings. To enable this shift, community rehabilitation services [...]
28 July 2025 The trusts that manage local community and hospital services are pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Williams as their Chief Executive in Common. This new role will strengthen shared leadership across Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom) and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Andrew Morgan, Chair in Common for the two trusts, [...]
24 July 2025 A message from NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Health and care organisations across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are working together to prepare for this week’s industrial action planned by Resident Doctors. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that Resident Doctors will take part in a five-day (120 hour) period of industrial action, from 7am tomorrow [...]
24 July 2025 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced strike action by resident doctors from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July. During [...]
23 July 2025 Fewer patients are waiting for planned procedures and appointments at Shropshire’s acute hospitals – with no children or young people waiting longer than a year for their treatment. In the last nine months, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has reduced the overall number of patients on its elective care waiting list by 20%. The [...]
18 July 2025 Staff at a hospital Trust have been nominating teams and individuals for Moving to Excellence awards for those who have made a remarkable contribution or shown excellent compassion and dedication in their role. The Moving to Excellence Awards will be held every two months and are open to all staff from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
18 July 2025 With construction well underway of a four-storey expansion, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is inviting patients, members of the public and staff to help shape the look and feel of this important new space, as well as the naming conventions and themes for locations within the new building. The multi-million pound investment, as [...]
17 July 2025 Healthcare workers from two NHS trusts have completed a dedicated leadership programme which will support the organisation to deliver excellent and inclusive care for patients. The staff from both The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (Shropcom) have graduated from Galvanise, an ethnic minority leadership programme. The aims of [...]
15 July 2025 A message from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board: New local teledermatology service continues to speed up cancer diagnosis across the county. The service, which launched at the county’s first Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford early last year, enables dermatologists to remotely triage patients using high spec images of people’s skin taken by [...]
