News – Page 8

Consultant is honoured as highly commended at Medical Educator Awards

12 June 2025 A hospital consultant has been recognised in national Medical Educator Awards. Dr Dodiy Herman, Emergency Medicine Consultant at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has been honoured with a highly commended recognition in the Outstanding Contribution to Teaching by an Individual category at the Medical Educator Awards 2025, presented by Medical Education Leaders UK. [...]

Consultant is honoured as highly commended at Medical Educator AwardsCarmen Harper2025-06-12T13:03:42+01:00

Innovative paracetamol practice is improving care and reducing waste at hospital Trust

12 June 2025 Using oral paracetamol instead of intravenous (IV) is improving patient care, reducing carbon emissions and saving money at a local hospital Trust. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, is now prescribing oral paracetamol in place of IV paracetamol for some surgical [...]

Innovative paracetamol practice is improving care and reducing waste at hospital TrustEmily Lovell2025-06-12T11:18:04+01:00

Nearly 5,000 patients have operations at elective surgery hub

11 June 2025 Nearly 5,000 patients have had their operations at the elective surgery hub at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which is celebrating its first birthday. £24 million was invested in the dedicated planned care facility, which is reducing the amount of time that patients – both adults and children - are waiting for surgery. Waiting lists for [...]

Nearly 5,000 patients have operations at elective surgery hubLisa Bailey2025-06-11T15:18:42+01:00

Impact magazine – read our quarterly update

11 June 2025 Welcome to Impact magazine – our quarterly update on the transformation work that is happening across the Trust. Inside this Q1 edition: How we are trialling new ways of working to reduce waits for urgent and emergency care The steps we are taking to improve access to diagnostic tests and scans, and elective care The work [...]

Impact magazine – read our quarterly updateClaire Dunn2025-06-11T14:56:15+01:00

Trust celebrates Volunteers’ Week

9 June 2025 Monday 2 June marked the start of Volunteers’ Week – a week that is celebrated nationally and shines a light on the incredible impact that volunteers make. Throughout the week, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, thanked those who give their time freely to help patients and hospital [...]

Trust celebrates Volunteers’ WeekCaroline Cross2025-06-09T15:34:24+01:00

Lingen Davies launches £5million appeal to bring cancer services to Telford – doubling chemotherapy capacity for the region

6 June 2025 A new £5million fundraising appeal has been launched to double the capacity of chemotherapy provision in the region – and bring a dedicated cancer treatment centre to Telford. The ‘Sunflower Appeal’ has been launched by Lingen Davies Cancer Support, the region’s primary cancer charity, and the funds will be used to develop the Lingen Davies Cancer [...]

Lingen Davies launches £5million appeal to bring cancer services to Telford – doubling chemotherapy capacity for the regionlydia hughes2025-07-01T11:03:40+01:00

Trust launches volunteer driver scheme to support patients home from hospital

05 June 2025 A new volunteer driver scheme is helping patients to get home quicker after they are discharged from hospital. The pilot scheme has just been launched at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. Volunteers drive home patients who are unable to get home themselves because they are not eligible for patient transport or could have long [...]

Trust launches volunteer driver scheme to support patients home from hospitalClaire Dunn2025-06-05T09:38:06+01:00

Hospital Trust employee recognised for commitment to homeless health

4 June 2025 An NHS worker has been recognised for her work to address health inequalities among patients experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping in Shropshire. Natalie Chambers, a Pathway Zero Coordinator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has been honoured with the prestigious William Farr Special Award. The Pathway Zero (PW0) team, of which Natalie is [...]

Hospital Trust employee recognised for commitment to homeless healthKai Farmer2025-06-05T09:23:16+01:00

Diabetes experts to headline Severn Pumpers annual event

04 June 2025 Diabetes specialists will be headlining this year’s Severn Pumpers Annual Meeting hosted by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It takes place on Friday 13 June 2025 at Shrewsbury Town Football Club. This annual event, organised by SaTH’s Insulin Pump Service, brings together patients, healthcare professionals and technology providers to share insights and celebrate [...]

Diabetes experts to headline Severn Pumpers annual eventCarmen Harper2025-06-04T12:42:22+01:00

Trust begins implementation of Patient Engagement Portal

02 June 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is rolling out a patient engagement portal (PEP) from the provider DrDoctor. The PEP will enable patients to access more information on their mobile devices, with the ultimate aim of improving patient experience and saving costs of printing. The implementation of the PEP began in April, with a [...]

Trust begins implementation of Patient Engagement PortalCarmen Harper2025-06-03T10:42:07+01:00