Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital Accident & Emergency Department to stay open

22 November 2018  The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has today secured the middle grade doctors and nurses needed to allow the A&E department at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford to stay open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. A mixture of locum and agency middle grade doctors are now committed to rotas in the A&E until the end of March 2019. [...]

Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital Accident & Emergency Department to stay open2018-11-22T13:13:43+00:00

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund launches Cobalt Club

12 November 2018 The following information is from our partners at the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund. As the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund prepares to mark 40 years of making a positive difference to lives affected by cancer in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales in June 2019, the Charity has decided to launch a members’ club for local people [...]

Lingen Davies Cancer Fund launches Cobalt Club2018-11-12T14:35:56+00:00

Trust Board still trying to prevent overnight closure of A&E services at PRH

25 October 2018 At today’s meeting of the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), members confirmed they are working towards an implementation date of 5 December for the potential overnight closure of the A&E at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Members of the Board also confirmed they are looking into the possibility of reducing [...]

Trust Board still trying to prevent overnight closure of A&E services at PRH2018-10-25T16:19:20+01:00

Overnight A&E services at PRH could be suspended in December – but every effort still being made to prevent temporary closure

24 October 2018 Overnight emergency services at The Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford could be temporarily suspended on 5 December if efforts to recruit more staff are unsuccessful and assurances are made that every patient pathway is safe. The Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs PRH and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), will [...]

Overnight A&E services at PRH could be suspended in December – but every effort still being made to prevent temporary closure2018-10-24T15:14:03+01:00

Working together to address A&E staff shortages

17 October 2018 The Chief Executive of the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to meet officials from the Indian Consulate in Birmingham in the latest attempt to recruit more staff to the county’s two A&E Departments. Simon Wright from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will attend the meeting tomorrow (Thursday 18 October) along with [...]

Working together to address A&E staff shortages2018-10-17T16:06:50+01:00

Recruitment efforts to keep A&E open overnight continue

10 October 2018 Efforts to recruit additional staff to keep the A&E department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford open overnight are continuing. The department currently remains open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. However, the A&E could close between 8pm and 8am because of staffing issues which have been having an increasing impact on the safe care of patients over a [...]

Recruitment efforts to keep A&E open overnight continue2018-10-10T11:48:03+01:00

Consultants give support to Trust leadership in open letter

8 October 2018 Consultants at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have issued an open letter to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales stating their support for the Trust's leadership. The letter can be seen below: To the people of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales, We would like to thank the local [...]

Consultants give support to Trust leadership in open letter2018-10-08T08:41:41+01:00

Trust needs more doctors and nurses to keep both A&E departments open 24/7

3 October 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will have to suspend overnight A&E services at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford unless they can increase the number of emergency doctors and nurses. The Royal College of Medicine (RCEM) recommends that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s two A&E Departments has 32 middle grade doctors – it has [...]

Trust needs more doctors and nurses to keep both A&E departments open 24/72018-10-03T14:13:35+01:00

Board approves temporary overnight suspension of A&E services at PRH

27 September 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust today agreed to temporarily suspend overnight A&E services at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford to ensure services are safe for patients. A closure from 8pm until 8am and is expected to happen in November. Until then the services will continue 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. Once the plan for safely managing [...]

Board approves temporary overnight suspension of A&E services at PRH2018-09-27T18:52:10+01:00

A&E doctor thanked for ‘saving’ wedding

16 August 2018 Charlotte Nutt, left, with her sister, Emily, and mum, Stephanie. It was one of the most important days in Charlotte Nutt’s life. Her sister, Emily, was getting married and bridesmaid Charlotte and her mother, Stephanie, would be walking with her down the aisle. That act was made all the more poignant, as that honour would [...]

A&E doctor thanked for ‘saving’ wedding2018-08-16T09:15:38+01:00