Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
Friday 3 January 2025 Please be aware that from today (Friday 3 January 2025) we are reducing visiting in our hospitals. This is due to the rising numbers of flu, COVID and other winter illnesses and will help protect our patients and colleagues. There are some exceptions to this, which can be seen below. Visiting is permitted: When a [...]
02 January 2025 A charity has gifted a new £33,000 fertility laser, which is set to improve the survival rate of frozen embryos and improve the chance of patients getting pregnant, to a hospital trust fertility centre. The League of Friends of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (LoF) has bought the new laser, which will allow the scientists at the Shropshire [...]
Monday 23 December 2024 The numbers of flu cases within our communities are increasing, and we are starting to see a rise in cases within our hospitals. Please can we ask patients, visitors and colleagues to wear face masks at all times in the following areas: Emergency Department (all areas including fit to sit) Same Day Emergency Care, Acute [...]
23 December 2024 Members of the renal unit with patient Peter Downes, his wife and John Watts with members of the renal unit Renal dialysis services marked its first anniversary at its purpose-built location in Telford with the unveiling of a tree of remembrance. The state-of-the-art facility in Hollinswood House, Stafford Park, Telford, provides care for lower [...]
19 December 2024 Santa flew in to visit the Children’s Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford aboard an RAF Shawbury helicopter. He swapped his sleigh for a H135 Juno helicopter and waved to children at local schools as he flew through the skies of Telford. He touched down to be greeted by excited patients and staff yesterday [...]
17 December 2024 Orthopaedic joint replacement surgery has resumed at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which will reduce the amount of time that patients are waiting for operations. Planned joint replacement surgery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the PRH and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, restarted in phases with hip replacement operations first followed [...]
13 December 2024 The Trust, which runs the county’s two acute hospitals, is reaping the rewards of its very own Theatres Academy, one year on from launching. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been training up staff within its Theatres department through a range of apprenticeships and leadership programmes. The academy at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and [...]
10 December 2024 A fund set up to support patients who are receiving end of life care and their loved ones has reached £100,000. The Swan Fund was set up in 2015 by Jules Lewis who is Swan End of Life Care Lead Nurse at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It was started with a £500 [...]
Friday 6 December 2024 From our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Council A ladies knitting group, funded through Telford & Wrekin Council, has handmade a hundred kindness hearts to bring comfort to patients receiving end of life care and their families. Penny Watson and Miriam Gilbert from SaTH's palliative and end of life care team with ladies from [...]
Friday 6 December Currently the construction site is being set up to safely demolish Elizabeth House at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Please be aware that from Monday 16 December, the entrance into the hospital building by Elizabeth House will close. Patients and visitors who previously accessed the hospital building through the entrance by Elizabeth House will be able [...]
