2 March 2021 An appeal is being made for knitters to help create blankets and bags for patients living with dementia, while they are staying at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Dementia Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is looking for people to knit or donate knitted blankets. The colourful blankets help patients, particularly those with dementia, [...]
16 October 2020 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have taken delivery of two new Sensory Carts to help relax and calm patients living with dementia, and children with delayed learning - thanks to Captain Sir Tom Moore’s incredible fundraising. Captain Tom’s fundraising for NHS Charities Together has enabled The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
13 May 2020 Patients living with dementia at Shropshire’s acute hospital are benefitting from an initiative which provides knitted and crocheted octopuses to premature babies. The cuddly aquatic creatures are produced by the charity ‘Octopus for a Preemie’ as a novel way of comforting premature babies as it’s thought that gripping the soft tentacles might remind early term newborns of [...]
28 January 2020 A new sign has been installed outside the Lingen Davies Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to help patients who are living with Dementia. The idea for the sign followed a walkabout by members of the Radiotherapy team who are based within the centre at RSH, and George Rook, Chair of Shropshire Dementia Action Alliance, who [...]
17 December 2019 More dementia-friendly clocks have arrived at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Patients living with dementia can become confused when in an unfamiliar environment, such as visiting outpatients for appointments. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the community, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Charity (SaTH Charity) has been able to purchase new dementia friendly clocks to help [...]
15 November 2019 The Dementia Team at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is appealing for a bench to be donated for a replica bus stop created to benefit patients with dementia. At the bus stop mural, Karen Breese (Dementia Clinical Specialist), Jack Holland (apprentice) and Sarah Selley (Dementia Support Worker). The bus stop outside Ward 21 [...]
8 July 2019 A Charity Fun Day hosted by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has been hailed a great success. From left, Karen Breese, Dementia Nurse Specialist; Andrew James from SaTH Charity; Josh Laurent from Shrewsbury Town and Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance Hundreds of people gathered at the Shropshire Conference Centre in the grounds [...]
21 June 2019 There is still time to enter a charity fun run which is being held by the trust which runs Shropshire's two acute hospitals to raise money for its Living Well With Dementia Fund. The fun run will take place at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 6 July, starting at 9.30am. It will be followed by The [...]
11 June 2019 Final preparations are under way for a charity fun day organised by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals to mark the birth of the NHS. Last year's activities involved a fun run, Nerf Gun arena, a visit from the Exotic Zoo and a free BBQ The fun day will take place at the [...]
29 April 2019 An appeal is being made for knitters to help create blankets and even bags for patients living with dementia whilst they are in hospital. The Dementia Team at SaTH is looking for people to help knit or donate colourful knitted blankets. Karen Breese and Lucy Davies from the dementia team at SaTH The blankets help [...]
