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.
13 August 2025
As we approach the August bank holiday, I would remind people across the county to plan ahead for their medication needs to ensure they have essential prescriptions in time. With General Practices closed on the bank [...]
6 August 2025
There is still time for you to nominate your hospital hero as our Trust gets ready for its fantastic annual Trust Celebratory Awards - the deadline has been extended to this Friday (8 August). Is [...]
30 July 2025
This week it was announced that Jo Williams has been appointed as the Chief Executive in Common of both our Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. It is fantastic news and it means that [...]
17 July 2025
Everyone is being asked to play their part and ‘Think Twice, Order Right’ to help reduce the estimated £2.6 million worth of medicines wasted every year across our area. People are being asked to do [...]
9 July 2025
We have now launched our wonderful annual Trust Celebratory Awards and we are asking members of the public to nominate their hospital hero. It is the chance to nominate a team or individual who has [...]
2 July 2025
It has been an incredibly warm week across the county this week, please remember to stay safe when the temperatures rise and it is so hot and humid. You can take simple steps to look [...]
4 June 2025
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the elective surgery hub at Princess Royal Hospital and what a fantastic facility it is. Nearly 5,000 patients – both adults and children – have had [...]
29 May 2025
Our Palliative Care team gifts colourful knitted kindness hearts as a poignant keepsake to bring comfort to the families of patients who are receiving last hours and days of life care at our hospitals. They [...]
21 May 2025
I would like to remind you as we approach the bank holiday weekend to think about which service you need should you require any health care. Our emergency departments (ED) are busy at the moment [...]
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 [...]