Staff ‘pledge’ to improve patient care as part of Experience of Care Week

24 April 2018 Catering Manager Nick Parkin and End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis with the hamper that Nick has pledged to raffle to help raise funds for a new Swan Room. Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have made pledges to improve patient care. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]

Staff ‘pledge’ to improve patient care as part of Experience of Care Week2018-04-24T08:54:51+01:00

Patients encouraged to get dressed, get up and get active

18 April 2018 Wards across Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are being encouraged to ‘end PJ paralysis’ by getting as many patients as possible dressed and moving. Launched yesterday (17 April), NHS England’s #EndPJparalysis challenge aims to improve recovery, shorten hospital stays and boost the morale of patients and staff by encouraging patients to get up and dressed every day, where [...]

Patients encouraged to get dressed, get up and get active2018-04-18T10:27:38+01:00

Patients’ rock ’n’ roll exercises to ‘End PJ Paralysis’

4 April 2018 Shropshire patients have been taking part in exercise classes to music from the 40s and 50s as part of a drive to get them up, dressed in their own clothes and moving to boost their recovery. Jane Smith (right) and Liz Davies with Physiotherapist Erin Tsang Patients on Ward 16 at the Princess Royal Hospital [...]

Patients’ rock ’n’ roll exercises to ‘End PJ Paralysis’2018-04-04T13:27:58+01:00

Hospital staff don pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis

6 July 2017 Hospital staff in Shropshire donned their pyjamas to highlight a campaign which is designed to help patients recover more quickly – by simply maintaining their daily routine. Staff on Ward 11 at PRH (including Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing Midwifery and Quality, far right) in their pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis Nurses, Health Care Assistants and [...]

Hospital staff don pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis2017-07-06T14:30:02+01:00

Hospital ward launches #endPJparalysis campaign

13 March 2017  Staff on a Ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) have launched a campaign which is designed to help patients recover more quickly – by simply maintaining their daily routine. Clare Walsgrove (left) , Matron on Ward 32, and Zoe Day, Ward Manager, with patientJames Holloway. The campaign, called #SaTHendPJparalysis, has been launched by staff [...]

Hospital ward launches #endPJparalysis campaign2017-03-13T13:20:29+00:00