23 October 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) A new health campaign has been launched by Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to support people to ‘take the fast track to the right care’. The campaign, which uses the slogan ‘take care Telford’, aims to remind people that the [...]
19 October 2017 Staff on Ward 10 at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are ‘champions’ when it comes to serving up the perfect mealtime for their patients. The ward at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which was previously Ward 17 (frail and complex elderly), scooped a Gold for Protected Mealtimes during an unannounced audit. Ward [...]
18 October 2017 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) The NHS in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is asking women, their partners and families to get involved in shaping local maternity services. NHS organisations, Healthwatch and local councils, are working together as a Local Maternity System (LMS) to design [...]
18 October 2017 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has launched a West Midlands wide campaign to invite nurses to join its Nurse Bank. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, recently hosted a number of successful One Stop Shop recruitment events and now [...]
17 October 2017 A Shropshire Midwife will swap the calm waters of the River Severn for the mighty Atlantic Ocean later this year. Sharon Magrath, Specialist Midwife at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, will be joined by two other women when she sets off from La Gomera in Tenerife to the English Harbour in Antigua on 12 December. [...]
16 October 2017 It is mission accomplished for the Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, who successfully climbed four volcanoes in five days to raise money for a new state-of-the-art scanner. Simon Wright returned to work this morning (Monday) bruised and little sore, but delighted to have succeeded in tackling Sicily’s “Mighty Four” volcanoes - Stromboli, Vulcano, Salina and [...]
16 October 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is ahead of the game when it comes to promoting healthy eating. Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS, has said sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 calories or under. The proposals would also see 75% of pre-packed sandwiches coming in at under 400 calories. Pre-packed [...]
11 October 2017 Thirty members of the neonatal team at Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been recognised by parents for the care given to their babies. The Neonatal team have been recognised for their care They were all individually nominated for the prestigious Parent’s Choice Award in an annual awards scheme run by the Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country [...]
10 October 2017 Julia Brooks has helped to deliver hundreds of babies across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin in a career that has spanned 41 years. Now Julia, a senior midwife with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), will say goodbye to the job, which she says has been ‘a real privilege’. Julia, who is Maternity Outpatients Ward [...]
6 October 2017 The following message is from our partners at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) On Wednesday (11 October), NHS Shropshire CCG’s Governing Body will discuss the next steps in transforming out of hospital services. In parallel to the Future Fit emergency and planned hospital care proposals, the CCG plans to launch a five year programme to improve and [...]
