10 July 2021 A fund set up to benefit patients who are receiving end of life care, and their families, has raised nearly £60,000 since its launch six years ago. The Swan Fund was set up by Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Jules [...]
18 May 2020 Beautifully painted stones are to be laid in gardens at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals as a lasting memory of those who have died due to COVID-19. The memory stones will be placed in the Queen Mother’s Garden at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, and the garden near the Paul Brown Building at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. [...]
Kindness hearts, knitted by volunteers and donated to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), are to be gifted to families whose loved ones are receiving end of life care. When the End of Life Care Team (EOLC) at SaTH was made aware that knitters across Shropshire and Mid Wales were making hearts in all sorts of colours, they [...]
18 February 2020 A prestigious award recognising excellence in the provision of palliative care has been presented to a team from SaTH. Representatives from the Trust received the prestigious Dundas Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), jointly awarded by the College and PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital). The team was chosen for its innovative and [...]
11 December 2019 The wishes of patients are being prioritised in a new way for doctors to record how someone wants to be cared for at the end of their life. SaTH has recently introduced the national ReSPECT process, along with health and care partners across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. ReSPECT - Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Treatment and [...]
20 November 2019 A new Swan Room for patients who are receiving end of life care has been officially opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) – and will feature a chair bed so relatives can stay overnight with their loved ones. The room, which also features a stunning ceiling mural, was opened on Ward 22RE (Respiratory) by the Head [...]
28 October 2019 An innovative new ‘passport’ which enables patients who are at end of life to spend precious time with their pets is being launched in Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Pet Passport scheme enables friends and relatives to bring in pets to visit their owners who are patients receiving end of life care at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and [...]
16 October 2019 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have been marking Fab Change Day – a national initiative to celebrate improvements being made within the NHS. Fab Change Day 2019 Led by the Trust’s End of Life Care team, coffee and cake mornings were held in the restaurants at both the Princess Royal [...]
27 September 2019 More than 20 Swan Rooms, which provide privacy and dignity for patients at the end of life, have been created at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The latest Swan Room has opened on Ward 7 (Short Stay Medical) at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. It brings the total number of Swan Rooms at both the PRH [...]
29 July 2019 SaTH has scooped a national award which recognises excellence in palliative care provision. The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, has been awarded the Dundas Medal. The medal was introduced by the Scottish charity PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital) and The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, [...]
