6 December 2019 Doctors and Nurses at Shropshire’s acute hospitals are to get support in the evenings, at weekends and during Bank Holidays in order to improve patient flow and reduce hospital length of stay. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is introducing its first cohort of Medical Assistants (MAs), who will work with Medical and Surgical staff. [...]
19 July 2019 Staff across the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals donned red today (Friday 19 July) to raise awareness of Sepsis. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust joined Wear Red Day, organised by the UK Sepsis Trust. Across the Trust, scores of staff donned an item of red clothing (or a red wig!) to help raise [...]
21 June 2019 Paula Clark will be join the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals as Interim Chief Executive from 1 July. Paula Clark Paula is the former Chief Executive at University of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). She joined UHNM in October 2016, having previously been chief executive of the Dudley Group Foundation Trust and before [...]
21 February 2019 A scientist at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has donated his 100th unit of blood. David receives his medal and certificate from Genna Vernon, whose family has benefited from blood donors like David. David Hall is a Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist with the Blood Transfusion and Haematology Department at The Shrewsbury and [...]
20 February 2019 The Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Quality at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is to leave her post to take up a new role closer to her family. Deirdre Fowler, who has been with SaTH since May 2017, is taking up a new post with Bedford Hospital NHS Trust. Deirdre joined SaTH, which runs [...]
5 September 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is working with NHS Blood and Transplant to promote organ donation to all its patients, visitors and staff. Fiona Deakin, Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation at SaTH, with one of the lifts Lift doors at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford [...]
12 July 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) had two finalists at this week’s prestigious HSJ Patient Safety Awards. The creation of a kit box to improve swallow tests for stroke patients was nominated for a ‘Best Innovation for Patient Safety Award’ while the continued development of the Trust’s interactive Cancer App was nominated for a ‘Cancer [...]
5 July 2017 Mr Andy Elves, Consultant Urologist; Sheena Khanduri, Clinical Lead for Cancer Services and Richard Pope, Clinical Director for Dynamic Health Systems, who helped develop the app, with the award. An interactive App developed to help cancer patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has won a prestigious national Patient Safety Award. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
