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 [...]
1 July 2019 Interim Chief Executive Paula Clark today took up her post at the trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Paula Clark starts at the Trust today Paula is the former Chief Executive at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). She joined UHNM in October 2016, having previously been Chief Executive of the Dudley [...]
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 [...]
20 February 2019 A nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has smashed her half marathon fundraising target to buy two specialist pieces of equipment which can avoid the need for a child to go to hospital and give a blood sample. Sarah Voice Sarah Voice, a specialist nurse in the Anticoagulation Team at The [...]
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 [...]
17 January 2019 The following information is from NHS Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin CCGs Local health and care leaders have approved all Future Fit documentation, including the Decision Making Business Case (DMBC), to be submitted to the Joint Committee of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The Joint Committee will meet on Tuesday, 29th January to make [...]
8 January 2019 A nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been named as one of the best in the country for “making an impact on nursing in 2018”. Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was named [...]
13 June 2018 Patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are treated with dignity and respect, a new report has found. The 2017 Adult Inpatient Survey, produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), also found that patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, had confidence and trust in the nurses treating them and [...]
30 January 2018 New mums in Shropshire are treated with respect and dignity, listened to and given the help they need. Those are the findings of the latest survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The survey also found that women who raised concerns during their pregnancy or delivery had those concerns taken [...]
28 November 2017 Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals provide excellent, friendly care for children and young people. That is the finding of the latest Children and Young People’s Survey published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford scored 8 out of 10 or higher in almost 80% [...]
