Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
16 October 2025 An Estates Operations Manager whose innovative ideas have transformed waste management across a hospital Trust has been crowned Waste Champion of the Year. Mark Leighton took gold at the Excellence in Waste Management Awards for the Waste Champion of the Year category at The Royal Armouries in Leeds. He is Estate Operations Manager – Waste & [...]
15 October 2025 Patients and staff are benefitting from a £1.2million investment in additional operating theatre equipment at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, received the funding from NHS England and it is being used to purchase additional equipment for theatres [...]
Monday 13 October On Thursday 16 and Friday 17 October 2025 our contractors will be lifting construction materials near our Emergency Department (A&E) via a temporary crane that will be set up outside at the front of the department. The crane, and lifting zone will be fenced off to staff, patients, and visitors to keep everyone safe. This means, [...]
13 October 2025 A new digital endoscopy reporting system, Medilogik, has successfully launched to enhance patient safety, streamline clinical workflows and improve the quality of care for patients. Medilogik replaces The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) previous system with a modern digital platform that enables clinicians to document procedures in real time, standardise reporting and access patient [...]
09 October 2025 A Trust midwife who has led a range of initiatives to improve maternity care for communities has won the B.A.M.E Midwife of the Year award. The award was a category in the 2025 B.A.M.E. Health & Care Awards and recognises midwives from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who demonstrate leadership, compassion, and advocacy in [...]
8 October 2025 The waiting list for tests and scans at the Trust, which runs the county’s acute hospitals, has been hugely reduced, meaning that patients are receiving the care and treatment they need sooner. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) is now amongst the top performing half of the country for the proportion of patients waiting less [...]
07 October 2025 An evening of live music will take place on Saturday 15 November at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby, raising vital funds for Children’s Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH). Featuring performances by the award-winning Jackfield Brass Band and the Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby Jazz Band, the concert will run from 7pm to 9.30pm and promises a [...]
7 October 2025 We will be re-introducing face mask wearing in some areas of our hospitals from Wednesday 8 October. This follows guidance from NHS England to reduce the spread of respiratory infections this winter and protect patients, visitors and staff. It also follows a recent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in our hospitals. Please can we [...]
5 October 2025 An update from SaTH A spokesperson for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “We can confirm that access to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was temporarily restricted this afternoon (5 October), whilst the Police conducted a search for a member of the public on our grounds. We continued to deliver services for patients during this time [...]
03 October 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is celebrating being named as finalist in two categories at the HTN Health Tech Awards 2025. The awards recognise digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers making a difference across health care. SaTH has been shortlisted for its improvements in managing and using data. This has included working [...]
