Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
23 October 2019 The latest edition of Improving Together - our monthly staff newsletter that demonstrates the steps we are taking to improve against the five CQC domains - has been issued. As well as many other great improvements, you can read about; Moving forward with NHS Future Fit Our Flu Jab campaign Elaine France - our new Specialist [...]
23 October 2019 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) A pop-up event aiming to listen to ‘What Matters to You’ about local health and social care services is being held in Ludlow on Thursday, 24 October, 2019. Representatives from Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be in the main reception area of Ludlow [...]
22 October 2019 A Nurse at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has ticked an item off her bucket list by taking part in a 10,000 feet skydive to raise money for the care of patients at the end of their lives. Debbie Snooke enjoying the veiws from 10,000ft And Debbie Snooke enjoyed the experience so much, [...]
21 October 2019 Experts from across the UK will gather in Telford this week for a conference which is being hosted by the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been chosen to host the annual meeting of the Midland Thoracic Society. The meeting brings together respiratory physicians, trainees and specialist nurses [...]
18 October 2019 Nearly 180 new nurses are to join SaTH to help improve the quality of care for patients. The 176 nurses have been recruited by the Trust to work across its hospitals - The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. They have been recruited from India and will start to arrive in [...]
17 October 2019 Louise Barnett has been appointed as the Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Louise will start at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford in February. Louise Barnett Louise is currently the Chief Executive at The Rotherham NHS [...]
16 October 2019 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have been marking Fab Change Day – a national initiative to celebrate improvements being made within the NHS. Fab Change Day 2019 Led by the Trust’s End of Life Care team, coffee and cake mornings were held in the restaurants at both the Princess Royal [...]
15 October 2019 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is developing a new committee to improve experience for patients regardless of their background. SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, is looking for members of the public to join staff from the Trust on its new Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity sub-committee. Ruth [...]
14 October 2019 Together with Santander, the Shropshire Prostate Cancer Support Group (SPCSG) has funded a new ultrasound bladder scanner, doubling the number of patients who can be screened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The new bladder scanning equipment allows staff looking after those going through treatment to safely and effectively measure bladder consistency without invasive testing. Dennis Briggs, chairman [...]
11 October 2019 A specialist Tracheostomy Practitioner has enhanced the nursing team at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Elaine France Elaine France officially took up the new role at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), on 1 October 2019 to enhance the [...]
