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.
24 December 2025
It was incredible to see that we are one step closer to transforming patient care for our communities with the topping-out of new four-storey facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Leaders, colleagues and project partners [...]
17 December 2025
We are doing all that we can to reduce any disruption to our services during the Resident Doctors’ strike action, which starts today (Wednesday). Resident doctors who are members of the British Medical Association [...]
10 December 2025
This week we welcomed our first patients to two new, modern wards at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), which will make a huge difference to our patients. The wards are now home to gastroenterology and surgical [...]
19 November 2025
It is fantastic news that we now have new cameras that can monitor the radiation dose which is given to cancer patients at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Our Trust is the first in the country to [...]
12 November 2025
Resident Doctors’ strike action starts on Friday morning and we will be doing all we can to reduce any significant disruption to our services. Our Trust will work hard along with other healthcare organisations to [...]
5 November 2025
It is so important that our patients are getting the right care in the right place and a significant investment in our hospitals will improve access to urgent and emergency care. There are various plans, [...]
29 October 2025
It was fantastic to recognise colleagues who do so much for the Trust at our Celebratory and Long Service awards. Finalists and winners from the 15 categories were at the annual Trust Celebratory Awards and [...]
15 October 2025
We are always looking at ways to reduce waiting times for our patients to ensure they receive a diagnosis as quickly as possible and the best possible care. The Trust has made huge improvements with [...]
8 October 2025
Keeping our patients and staff safe is one of our top priorities and we are re-introducing face mask wearing in some areas of our hospitals from Wednesday 8 October. We look after the most [...]
1 October 2025
You still have time to vote for your hospital hero in our Trust’s Public Recognition Award - the deadline is on Friday (3 October). We have three fantastic finalists and I know the decision [...]