Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
29 01 2025 A new dialysis delivery system at Hollinswood House in Telford is helping The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to improve safety for staff, reduce waste and save money. The Community Diagnostic Centre at Hollinswood House opened in October 2023. It provides non urgent diagnostic tests for patients and also houses an outpatient unit for lower [...]
28 January 2026 A crane has lifted heat pumps into position on the roof of the Treatment Centre at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in the next phase of a £16.2m decarbonisation project. Rooftop solar panel works have also started with the framework put in place and the first delivery of panels due at the end of the month. A [...]
Monday 26 January We have been made aware by Shropshire Council that from Monday 2 February to Friday 20 March [2026] there will be temporary traffic lights in place on Mytton Oak Road as part of construction of a new housing development on land adjacent to Oak Lane. The work is required to provide the power supply for the [...]
Baroness Amos, Chair of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, is today asking women and families to share their experiences of maternity and neonatal care in England, through a public Call for Evidence. Listening to lived experience is central to the investigation, and the Call for Evidence will ensure that the voices of women and families, including fathers, [...]
Baroness Amos, Chair of the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, is today asking women and families to share their experiences of maternity and neonatal care in England, through a public Call for Evidence. Listening to lived experience is central to the investigation, and the Call for Evidence will ensure that the voices of women and families, including fathers, [...]
21 January 2026 Patients with fitted cardiac devices such as pacemakers are able to have MRI scans for the first time at the Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, has scanned approximately 30 patients with implanted [...]
20 January 2026 Young people can now volunteer at the Princess Royal and Royal Shrewsbury hospitals as part of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE). SaTH has become an Approved Activity Provider for the volunteering section of the DofE Award, offering volunteering opportunities for 14-24 year-olds who are working towards their Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE. Volunteers aged 14-16 [...]
20 January 2026 The Trust is preparing the PRH site to start work on a solar panel car park canopy – following funding received from Great British Energy. This investment will save the Trust £70,000 a year in energy costs and generate clean power and aligns to the long-term vision of sustainable health services and more modern facilities, creating [...]
15 January 2026 Number of SaTH patients waiting for treatment falls by 30% in a year More than six in 10 patients at SaTH now treated within the 18-week target – up by more than 17 percentage points in a year While number of patients waiting for surgery falls by 6.5% across the Midlands, compared to 2.3% nationally Patients [...]
14 January 2026 On Monday 19 January, our contractors Integrated Health Projects (IHP) will be starting groundworks to prepare for the relocation of a two-storey modular building currently located at the front of the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The building will be relocated to the north of the site, near the new Ward 38 and [...]
