10 October 2018 Efforts to recruit additional staff to keep the A&E department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford open overnight are continuing. The department currently remains open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. However, the A&E could close between 8pm and 8am because of staffing issues which have been having an increasing impact on the safe care of patients over a [...]
8 October 2018 Consultants at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have issued an open letter to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales stating their support for the Trust's leadership. The letter can be seen below: To the people of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales, We would like to thank the local [...]
19 September 2018 The following is a statement from Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Quality: “We remain committed to providing the best care for all of our patients and to all women and families who use our maternity services. We are continuing to work closely with NHS Improvement (NHSI) and fully engaging and co-operating with their independent review. [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
16 August 2018 A Shropshire hospital worker has completed an epic charity cycle ride despite a fire on the Horseshoe Pass threatening to derail his plans. Craig on his final ascent Craig Edwards has intended to complete a “Three Peaks Challenge” – riding the equivalent of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales - by ascending the [...]
16 August 2018 Charlotte Nutt, left, with her sister, Emily, and mum, Stephanie. It was one of the most important days in Charlotte Nutt’s life. Her sister, Emily, was getting married and bridesmaid Charlotte and her mother, Stephanie, would be walking with her down the aisle. That act was made all the more poignant, as that honour would [...]
15 August 2018 Three men are to walk 85 miles from the North Wales coast to the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford to raise money to help families suffering loss through miscarriage or stillbirth. From left, David Jones,Sam Pryce and Neil Nolan David Jones, Sam Pryce and Neil Nolan will walk from Llandudno to the hospital on [...]
14 August 2018 Areas of the A5 near the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will be closed overnight from Tuesday 28 August for five weeks. The closures are taking place to allow contractors working on behalf of Highways England to replace lighting at the Woodcote Island. The work will take place from Tuesday 28 August to Saturday 6 October. To minimise disruption, [...]
14 August 2018 Maternity services for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Mid and North Wales have completed a period of engagement with the public following the suspension of inpatient services at the three rural Midwife Led Units (MLUs) run by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Services at the units in Oswestry, Bridgnorth and Ludlow were suspended on safety [...]
