Statement in relation to Care Quality Commission (CQC) media coverage

Maggie Bayley, Interim Chief Nurse at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “The Trust continues to work with NHS England and Improvement regarding the support that we need to continue our improvement journey.” Notes to editors Examples of improvements being made include: Recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to work alongside our ward teams. This will help us improve [...]

Statement in relation to Care Quality Commission (CQC) media coverage2020-07-16T14:02:53+01:00

Health and Social Care professionals working together to get patients out of hospital sooner

27 November 2018 Health and social care professionals from across the county have spent a week together to explore new ways of getting patients to leave hospital sooner so they can recover in the best possible place. The team involved in the improvement work Representatives from 10 different organisations – including Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning [...]

Health and Social Care professionals working together to get patients out of hospital sooner2018-11-27T11:34:01+00:00

Trust working closely with families with questions about Maternity services

14 November 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) strives to give the safest and kindest care to all mums and babies we look after. Most of the time birth is a normal, natural and joyous event. Very occasionally a birth does not go well. Sometimes that is unavoidable - a baby may have conditions that are [...]

Trust working closely with families with questions about Maternity services2018-11-14T16:14:36+00:00

Trust to receive additional support to tackle issues

8 November 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to receive additional support as it seeks to address historic issues in the way its services are delivered. NHS Improvement (NHSI) today announced that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) would be placed into ‘special measures’, which will provide increased support and oversight from NHSI to [...]

Trust to receive additional support to tackle issues2018-11-08T17:02:19+00:00

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

Two finalists at prestigious Patient Safety Awards

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 [...]

Two finalists at prestigious Patient Safety Awards2018-07-12T11:21:26+01:00