NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Urge Community Support Ahead of Upcoming Junior Doctors’ Strikes

26 June 2024 As the next round of junior doctors' strikes approaches, residents of Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin are reminded of the significant impact their support can have during what is anticipated to be a busy period for the local NHS. Junior doctors at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, and other local NHS facilities [...]

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Urge Community Support Ahead of Upcoming Junior Doctors’ Strikes2024-06-26T09:15:16+01:00

Junior doctor strike action

21 February 2024 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced junior doctors will take strike action from 7am on Saturday 24 February to 11:59pm on Wednesday 28 February. [...]

Junior doctor strike action2024-02-22T09:37:21+00:00

Junior doctor strike action

2 January 2024 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The next planned industrial action is from 7am on Wednesday 3 January until 7am on Tuesday 9 January 2024. You can also read a message from [...]

Junior doctor strike action2024-01-02T09:56:03+00:00

Industrial Action FAQs – September and October

18 September 2023 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The next planned industrial action is from 7am on Tuesday 19 September until 7am on Saturday 23 September 2023. FAQs What is happening? Trade unions representing [...]

Industrial Action FAQs – September and October2023-09-27T13:42:38+01:00

Industrial Action

23 August 2023 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The next planned industrial action is from consultants on 7am on Thursday 24 August until 7am on Saturday 26 August 2023. Nobody should put off seeking [...]

Industrial Action2023-08-23T16:17:07+01:00

State-of-the-art robotic surgery transforming care for patients

7 July 2023 A new surgical era is under way at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust transforming care for patients who will benefit from quicker recoveries and better outcomes. Surgeons have performed their first operations assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot. As well as providing patients with high quality care, robotic surgery is helping reduce the length of [...]

State-of-the-art robotic surgery transforming care for patients2023-07-07T14:55:47+01:00

Memory stones to be placed in hospital gardens

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. [...]

Memory stones to be placed in hospital gardens2020-05-18T15:33:51+01:00

Trust unveils £32 million investment in quality and estate

21 May 2019 £32 million is to be invested into improving quality at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals under bold and exciting plans unveiled today by SaTH. Almost £15 million will be invested in recruiting 200 new clinical staff, including doctors, nurses and midwives, in what will be the biggest ever investment in the workforce. There is also a £17 million [...]

Trust unveils £32 million investment in quality and estate2019-05-20T15:46:00+01:00

Lean working results in big savings for Shropshire’s two acute hospitals

23 August 2018 Huge financial savings have been made at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals as part of a partnership with the USA’s ‘Hospital of the Decade’. Stores team at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From left, Logan Harding, Paula Davies (Procurement Manager), Karl Smout and David Lewis. Now three years into the partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) [...]

Lean working results in big savings for Shropshire’s two acute hospitals2018-08-23T09:01:55+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