SaTH Charity Donations
A bench has installed in memory of Trevor Jasper, a former colleague. After Trevor Jasper passed away in 2021, his family donated money to SaTH Charity to purchase a wooden bench in his memory. Trevor had been a member of the Estates team at PRH for 17 years. The bench can be found in the Bonningale courtyard /Tranquillity Garden just [...]
Our Medical Retina Team has conquered Scafell Pike – their second expedition as part of the Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds. A group of 27, which also included 14 GPs, scaled Scafell Pike, which is a massive 978 metres above sea level, in the Lake District last Saturday (30 April). Consultant Ophthalmologist Devaki Nayak, who led the team along [...]
Nicky Brierley, Cardiology Nurse, has won the charity place to run in the London Marathon for SaTH Charity. We caught up with Nicky to find out a little bit more about her and why she is taking on this huge challenge. Nicky said: “I’m 53, married with two grown-up sons and I have worked in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) [...]
20 April 2022 A team from the Ophthalmology department at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is taking on Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain – as part of the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money. Doctors, nurses, nurse injectors, optometrists, secretaries and administrative staff from SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal [...]
Donations of ‘Kindness snack boxes’ were delivered to staff at PRH with thanks to The Ironbridge Lions Club. This is the third dona-tion they have made since the start of the pandemic. As father-in-law to Matron Claire Marsh, John Marsh, a member of the Lions, knows first hand how busy a shift can be and how it can be difficult [...]
Prominent local artist Sue Campion presented one of our junior doctors with a print of her work and a letter of thanks after he diagnosed that she had had a heart attack. Sue attended A&E at RSH and Junior Doctor Ben Passmore-Webb was one of those to look after her. She feels that Ben may have saved her life as [...]
In March last year Steven Fisher sadly lost his battle with COVID-19. He spent a week in Ward 17 before being transferred to the ITU at PRH. Since Steve’s death, his family have been fund-raising for ITU, West Midlands Ambulance Ser-vice (WMAS) and local Long COVID clinics, set up to support patients still living with COVID-related after-effects. The family raised [...]
Rotarian Peter Love, AKA Father Christmas, boosted the Swan Fund when he shaved off his beard for three charities. Every year Peter grows a beard to take up the role of Santa and traditionally is sponsored to shave it off after his festive season is over. He is a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club which decided that the main [...]
Wilfred Cadelina, a Charge Nurse on Ward 35 at RSH, represented SaTH at a remembrance event to mark the second anniversary of when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The NHS Charities Together service at the National Memorial Arboretum reflected upon the incredible sacrifices of health and care staff as well as the impact of the pandemic for [...]
Instead of birthday presents, a generous young man called Chester, chose to raise money to buy dolls for Dementia patients at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The space-themed party took place at the end of January and raised over £150 for the Dementia Appeal. Lucy Davies, Chester’s Mum, said “After hearing about doll therapy for patients in hospital, [...]
