16 October 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is ahead of the game when it comes to promoting healthy eating. Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS, has said sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 calories or under. The proposals would also see 75% of pre-packed sandwiches coming in at under 400 calories. Pre-packed [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will benefit from new state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment that will help detect eye conditions in both adults and children. Sight Loss Shropshire has made a generous £5,000 donation towards a new visual fields machine for the Eye Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), run by SaTH. Andrew Evans (L) receives the [...]
28 September 2017 (Updated 21 January 2018) The suspension of Neurology services to new referrals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) continues. The service was suspended in March 2017 to new referrals for an initial period of six months, as it was experiencing some difficulties in managing demand. The Trust currently has two Consultant Neurologists supported by [...]
25 September 2017 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), who have gone the extra mile in their care of their patients, are in the running for its Public Choice VIP Award 2017. Three nominees - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Stuart Hay and the Fracture Clinic Team, Senior Paediatric Audiologist Faye Perring and Gastro/IBD Specialist Nurse Sally [...]
18 September 2017 Services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s (RSH) Midwife Led Unit have been temporarily suspended from 5pm on Monday 18 September until 8am on Tuesday September 19. Unfortunately flash flooding has caused damage to the roof of the unit, meaning that part of it is inaccessible. All women who are due to have their baby have been notified, [...]
8 September 2017 More than 40 new nurses have joined the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The 42 nurses will work across scheduled and unscheduled care at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. The appointments will boost the workforce at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and reduce the [...]
6 September 2017 A new bus stop has opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) benefiting both patients and staff. The bus stop is located at the Treatment Centre at rear of the Copthorne site, and officially launched on Monday 4 September. It is the second stop at the RSH, with the first being located near Outpatients. It means that [...]
1 September 2017 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has appointed its first ever ‘Community Engagement Champion’. Kate Ballinger Kate Ballinger is The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) new Community Engagement Facilitator. It is a completely new position created to encourage and enable the community to become actively involved in decision-making and shaping services [...]
1 September 2017 Staff working on a specialist Ward for patients who have suffered a stroke have created the first ‘Exemplar Ward’ at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Staff on Ward 16 are presented with their Exemplar Ward certificate and badges by Simon Wright, Chief Executive Ward 16, the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in [...]
23 August 2017 A senior nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to retire at the end of August. Louise Gill celebrates her retirement Louise Gill, Scheduled Care Head of Nursing, is leaving on 31 August 2017 after 28 years at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), and more than 39 years [...]
