Our Trust has managed to reduce waiting times by a third which is great news for our patients as they are being treated faster due to improvements. We realise that there is more work to do, but we are so proud of clinical and operational teams who have made this happen. Latest figures show that the number of patients waiting [...]
Improving care for our patients is so important to our Trust and I would like to talk about the remarkable progress that has been made in our diabetes service with the creation of an in-house team. The new team made up of four podiatrists are passionate about their roles and in the words of Nicky Beard, Podiatry Diabetes Lead, they [...]
It was incredible to see that we are one step closer to transforming patient care for our communities with the topping-out of new four-storey facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Leaders, colleagues and project partners celebrated the significant milestone for RSH at a ceremony last week. Part of the ceremony included colleagues leaving a lasting legacy by placing handprints on [...]
We are doing all that we can to reduce any disruption to our services during the Resident Doctors’ strike action, which starts today (Wednesday). Resident doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are striking from 7am today (Wednesday 17 December) to 7am on Monday 22 December. Wherever possible, we are running services as normal, so if [...]
This week we welcomed our first patients to two new, modern wards at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), which will make a huge difference to our patients. The wards are now home to gastroenterology and surgical services, providing an additional 56 inpatient beds. Patient Gary Footman was the last patient to move from Ward 25, which will now undergo some refurbishments [...]
It is fantastic news that we now have new cameras that can monitor the radiation dose which is given to cancer patients at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Our Trust is the first in the country to use DoseRT, which can monitor the dose during radiotherapy treatment. The cameras work alongside the new linear accelerator machine (LINAC), which is a vital tool [...]
Resident Doctors’ strike action starts on Friday morning and we will be doing all we can to reduce any significant disruption to our services. Our Trust will work hard along with other healthcare organisations to deliver the best possible care. Resident doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will be striking from 7am on Friday (14 November) [...]
It is so important that our patients are getting the right care in the right place and a significant investment in our hospitals will improve access to urgent and emergency care. There are various plans, including the expansion of acute assessment and same day emergency care at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) with the creation of a further 40 assessment spaces. [...]
It was fantastic to recognise colleagues who do so much for the Trust at our Celebratory and Long Service awards. Finalists and winners from the 15 categories were at the annual Trust Celebratory Awards and it was so great to see the wonderful work that takes place across the organisation. I would like to thank those who nominated and voted [...]
We are always looking at ways to reduce waiting times for our patients to ensure they receive a diagnosis as quickly as possible and the best possible care. The Trust has made huge improvements with it achieving its best diagnostic performance for over five years. Our waiting lists for tests and scans have been reduced, meaning that our patients are [...]
