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.
15 April 2026
We have seen an increase in the number of cases of norovirus in our communities and we must do all we can to help prevent the spread. It is very important that we follow hygiene [...]
8 April 2026
Resident doctors’ strike action will run until 7am on Monday 13 April and we are doing all that we can to reduce any disruption to our services. During this period, consultants, other specialist doctors, nurses, [...]
1 April 2026
The Easter Bank Holiday is approaching and we would encourage you to take simple steps to ensure that you plan ahead to know where to get help and the care that you need. With [...]
25 March 2026
Volunteers play a crucial part in supporting my colleagues and our patients across our Trust and it is great to put the spotlight on one of those roles - the volunteer drivers. Over a six-month [...]
25 February 2026
At our hospitals, we deal with some of the sickest patients and we have expanded our Critical Care Outreach Team to improve the care our hospitals offer. The team led by Becky Hammond looks after [...]
19 February 2026
Our Trust is always looking at ways to improve the experience of our patients and reduce the times they are waiting for their planned operations, so it was great to see surgeons carrying out two [...]
11 February 2026
Last week, we supported World Cancer Day which raises awareness of cancer and encourages its prevention, detection and treatment. Waiting for a diagnosis, or to have cancer ruled out, is an incredibly worrying and anxious time for patients and [...]
28 January 2026
The £16.2m decarbonisation project at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is really taking shape with a crane lifting water and heat pumps into position on the roof of the Treatment Centre. Rooftop solar panel works [...]
21 January 2026
Our Trust has managed to reduce waiting times by a third which is great news for our patients as they are being treated faster due to improvements. We realise that there is more work to [...]
7 January 2026
Improving care for our patients is so important to our Trust and I would like to talk about the remarkable progress that has been made in our diabetes service with the creation of an in-house [...]