Roses are red, Violets are blue, if you’re unsure about Sepsis, we’ll give you a clue! Sister Sharon Hollister, from Ward 17 at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, is presented with one of the cards by Dr Edwin Borman, Medical Director. The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is using Valentine’s Day to help spread [...]

Sepsis patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are receiving life-saving medication faster than ever before. Using Virginia Mason Institute methodology, staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have proved it is possible to give patient all elements of the ‘Sepsis 6’ bundle in less than an hour. Evidence shows that completion of the ‘Sepsis 6’ bundle within [...]

Patients being treated for Sepsis have seen huge improvements in their care at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals – thanks to the introduction of techniques used by ‘the USA’s Hospital of the Decade’. Staff Nurse Viola Jones The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been working to improve care for patients who suffer Sepsis and has been [...]

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has improved the way patients presenting with Sepsis are screened, as another milestone in their exciting five-year partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) in Seattle is reached. There were a number of big successes and positive outcomes as a team from SaTH completed a Rapid Process Improvement Week (RPIW) for the [...]

Staff Nurse Viola Jones Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are taking the lead in the fight against a condition which claims more lives every year than breast cancer, bowel cancer and colon cancer combined.There are around 150,000 cases of Sepsis in the UK every year with, sadly, 44,000 people dying. Sepsis arises when the body’s response to an infection [...]