Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

Award-Winning Jackfield Band to headline charity concert for Hospitals children’s services

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 [...]

Award-Winning Jackfield Band to headline charity concert for Hospitals children’s services2025-10-07T16:05:52+01:00

Re-introduction of face masks in some areas

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 [...]

Re-introduction of face masks in some areas2025-10-07T09:39:55+01:00

Update on Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

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 [...]

Update on Royal Shrewsbury Hospital2025-10-05T16:27:14+01:00

Hospital Trust named finalist in national health tech awards

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 [...]

Hospital Trust named finalist in national health tech awards2025-10-03T14:58:37+01:00

Hospital Trust using more robotic surgery to help transform care for patients

3 October 2025 Patients are benefiting from quicker recoveries with more operations now being assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, was already using the robotic system to assist with colorectal, gynaecology and urology surgery, but has [...]

Hospital Trust using more robotic surgery to help transform care for patients2025-10-07T16:12:29+01:00

Endoscopy services at Shropshire’s acute hospitals achieve JAG accreditation

2 October 2025 Patients are receiving high quality, safe care that meets national best practice standards when using SaTH's endoscopy services. The services at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital have been awarded accreditation from the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) on adult gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. The JAG accreditation programme works with endoscopy services nationally to improve the [...]

Endoscopy services at Shropshire’s acute hospitals achieve JAG accreditation2025-10-02T12:20:52+01:00

Mobile breast screening unit moves to a new location in Newport, Shropshire

01 October 2025 The mobile breast screening unit, which had previously been located at Cottage Care Centre in Newport, is to move to a new site at Harper Adams University from November 2025 until February 2026. The mobile screening unit is part of the breast screening service provided by Shropshire Breast Screening at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust [...]

Mobile breast screening unit moves to a new location in Newport, Shropshire2025-10-01T14:03:41+01:00

Boost to community-based care set to transform patient recovery closer to home

Issued by Shropsire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System 25 September Health and care leaders across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin have taken the next step in delivering their commitment to expanding community-based care, as part of a wider plan to improve patient recovery and ease pressure on local hospitals. Backed by a £3.6 million reinvestment, the initiative will see more [...]

Boost to community-based care set to transform patient recovery closer to home2025-09-25T12:43:06+01:00

Hospital trust builds on sustainability success with staff ideas

24 September 2025 Members of the Undergraduate Education Team at SaTH joined by tutors, examiners and simulated patient actors Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are finding more ways to reduce their environmental impact, following a major investment in green projects. The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal [...]

Hospital trust builds on sustainability success with staff ideas2025-09-24T15:10:36+01:00

More hospital services go live with Patient Engagement Portal

23 September 2025 More specialties have now gone live with the Patient Engagement Portal (PEP), provided by DrDoctor, with patients already seeing the benefits of this new system. Following the successful pilot in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) earlier this year, the portal is now available for digital [...]

More hospital services go live with Patient Engagement Portal2025-09-23T15:36:08+01:00