25 June 2024 Following on from Channel 4’s Dispatches, which highlighted the challenging conditions in our urgent and emergency care services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, we want to apologise to those affected in the programme and to everyone in our communities who has been affected by long waiting times, overcrowding and a lack of privacy when accessing emergency [...]
22 November 2023 Local health and care leaders are alerting residents that Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin’s A&E departments are under “extreme pressure” due to significant and sustained demand. People are being urged to ‘think which service’ and choose the right service for their needs to help reduce the pressure and make sure everyone can get the care they need as [...]
19 October 2023 A message from SaTH We are trialling a new tool on our website which shows the average total wait time in our A&Es from time of arrival to time of departure or admittance. This tool is a work in progress and is in the soft launch phase. We have temporarily taken it down today for further refinement [...]
18 September 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin The British Medical Association (BMA) is taking strike action involving consultants and junior doctors at a number of NHS trusts, including the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, as follows: In September, for the [...]
10 August 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin NHS health officials in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are preparing for the next round of industrial action as the public are urged to “think which service.” Junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are set to take industrial action for four days [...]
17 June 2021 A doctor at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) who fled war-torn Afghanistan to start a new life in the UK has released his incredible memoir. Waheed Arian’s earliest memories are of bombs. Fleeing the conflict with his family, he spent much of his childhood in refugee camps in Pakistan, living sometimes 10 to a [...]
1 June 2021 The Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is undergoing a £9.3million transformation as part of a programme of work to improve patient care. Clinical space in the ED is being increased to include a new and improved Majors department, as well as a new designated Emergency Zone for Children and Young People and provision [...]
4 February 2021 Staff at Shropshire’s acute hospitals have enjoyed a delicious mid-week treat thanks to the fundraising effort of one man who was inspired by a Tweet he saw while settling down for a takeaway pizza. Martyn Haynes from Telford raised an incredible £600 after posting on social media that he wanted to do send pizzas to the A&E [...]
16 December 2020 A newly-built expanded Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which will help reduce hospital admissions and improve patient experience, will be operational later this month. The centre, next to the hospital’s A&E Department, will house a larger Acute Medical Same Day Emergency Care service running seven-days-a-week. Patients seen in the SDEC will [...]
12 October 2020 Due to ongoing work on the Same Day Emergency Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, alternative pedestrian access will be in place this week. On October 13 and 14, pedestrian access will be: 7am - 6pm: via Outpatients 6pm - 7am: via the Emergency Department door marked "Ambulance Entrance".
