Paula’s Updates
Updates from our Interim Chief Nursing Officer
Welcome to weekly updates from our Interim Chief Nursing Officer Paula Gardner. They will help to keep patients, members of the public, colleagues and everyone else with an interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust informed.
We hope it helps you to understand more about the Trust, and how we work to provide the best possible care to our patients.
14 May 2025
Earlier this week it was International Nurses Day and we celebrated all that nurses do to make a difference to our patients and their loved ones. It was a day to put the spotlight on [...]
1 May 2025
Patients, visitors and colleagues will now be able to use a new temporary takeaway food hub at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). The Apley Food Hub was set up to provide temporary catering facilities after the [...]
16 April 2025
Our hospitals are extremely busy at the moment and as Easter approaches, I would like to remind you to think about which service you need should you require any health care. If you are thinking [...]
9 April 2025
With the Easter Bank Holiday approaching, we are encouraging people to plan ahead and ensure that they have their essential prescriptions in time. Your General Practice (GP) will be closed on Good Friday (18 [...]
2 April 2025
It is so important that we help our colleagues further their careers at our Trust, so they can provide the best possible care and experience for our patients. Last week, I went along to present [...]
26 March 2025
We revealed the positive news last week that specialist teams will be starting work to safely remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RACC), which was found in a kitchen area at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). [...]
12 March 2025
This week I had the pleasure of meeting colleague Jan Meredith who has been shortlisted in the Practice Supervisor of the Year category for the prestigious Student Nursing Times Awards 2025. With an incredible [...]
5 March 2025
Another wave of norovirus is circulating in our communities and we must do all we can to help prevent the spread. It is very important that we follow hygiene guidelines such as cleaning our [...]
26 February 2025
We recently welcomed the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to the Emergency Department (ED) at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Regional representatives said that they were impressed with our colleagues for their kindness and passion [...]
19 February 2025
Encouraging our patients to stay as active as possible can help them reduce the time it takes them to recover from illness or injury. It is known that if patients are inactive and stay in [...]