19 May 2017 The Chief Operating Officer at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to retire at the end of the year. Debbie Kadum (left) will step down from her post on 17 December 2017 after five years at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and more than 36 years in the NHS. One of [...]
19 May 2017 Eye appointments provided in the Outpatients Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) are moving location. Paediatric (children’s) ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are currently provided in Clinic 10 at RSH, will temporarily move to the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford from 30 May 2017. Adult ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are also currently provided in Clinic 10 [...]
11 May 2017 A new room which will provide privacy and dignity for patients at the end of their life has been opened by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals to mark Dying Matters Week. Carol Bagnall, Matron on Ward 27, and Bernie Moore, whose wife, Trish, was cared for by the Trust, open the Swan Room. [...]
9 May 2017 Three swift boxes have been installed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to provide a nesting site for the birds. Local firm Sudlows helped The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to install the swift boxes at RSH in April 2017. The swift boxes at RSH The boxes, which have been installed on the [...]
8 May 2017 Patients are advised to allow extra time for their journey to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Wednesday (10 May) due to roadworks outside the hospital site. Shropshire Council is carrying out the work to replace three underground columns that feed power to the streetlights. Three-way traffic lights will be in operation between 9am – 4pm on Mytton Oak Road [...]
20 April 2017 Services for pregnant women at Shrewsbury Day Assessment Unit will be unavailable from 24 April 2017 until 8 May 2017. The temporary suspension of services at the unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is due to staff shortages. It is expected to reopen on 8 May 2017. The unit oversees antenatal appointments, such as blood tests, [...]
13 April 2017 You may be aware of media interest in our Maternity service following some tragic deaths of babies in which failings in care have been identified. Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has issued the following statement: “The death of a baby is the most tragic event imaginable and we again apologise unreservedly [...]
12 April 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) NHS Shropshire CCG has made further progress to ensure local NHS services deliver improved outcomes for patients. The CCG launched reviews of some of the services it commissions in February to ensure that everybody in Shropshire has access to healthcare that is safe, high-quality [...]
10 April 2017 The Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is planning to climb four volcanoes in six days to raise money for a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner. Simon Wright, Chief Executive, preparing for his volcano walk Simon Wright will tackle Sicily’s “Mighty Four” volcanoes - Stromboli, Vulcano, Salina and culminating at the world famous Mount Etna. [...]
7 April 2017 “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And while people are happy to moan about having to hand over a large chunk of their hard-earned cash to the tax man, we are still very reticent to talk about death or dying. But a group of individuals from across Shropshire are [...]
