29 January 2019 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has welcomed a decision to transform hospital services for the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. The Joint Committee of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) has approved Option 1 of the NHS Future Fit plans which means the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) [...]
29 January 2019 More than 300 audio books, together with personal CD players and headphones, have been kindly donated to The League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for patients with poor vision. Deputy Provincial Grand Master Ian Smith, Immediate Past Master Peter James and Derek Suttleworth, Charity Steward, present the books to League of Friends Shops [...]
25 January 2019 Patients and staff are being asked for their views on how Ophthalmology services, provided by SaTH, should be delivered in the future. Ophthalmology services are currently provided at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, and Euston House (ICAT) in Telford; as outlined below: Site Outpatients Surgery RSH Adult & [...]
22 January 2019 Two new state-of-the-art ‘real life’ manikins – that speak, blink and even bleed – will help train healthcare professionals, and those of the future, at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. They will be used in a new Simulation Suite which will officially be opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) this week. The Suite is based within the [...]
21 January 2019 Officials at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are asking people to consider if they need the specialist services provided by A&E as the departments continue to face huge demand. Yesterday (Sunday) more than 400 people attended the A&E departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. More than 150 patients arrived by [...]
18 January 2019 SaTH Charity, which aims to make a difference to patients and staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, has won a donation of £1,000. The donation has come from insurance provider Ecclesiastical, which is providing the funding to a number of charities and individuals as part of its 12 Days of Giving Campaign. SaTH Charity was nominated to win [...]
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 [...]
10 January 2019 Pharmacy staff have raised funds to pay for two new CD players which will be used for patients receiving end of life care at SaTH. The pharmacy team, based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, raised more than £40 by holding a Christmas Jumper Day over the festive period. They donated the proceeds to the Trust’s Swan Fund [...]
7 January 2018 New mums at SaTH have been given an extra special treat thanks to a generous donation of baby toiletries from the award-winning brand Childs Farm. Andrew James and Anthea Gregory-Page with the donation from Childs Farm Family business Childs Farm has kindly given the Trust’s charity – SaTH Charity – 120 boxes containing three of [...]
01 January 2019 A new £1 million MRI scanner at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is helping to reduce waiting and travel time for cardiac patients who previously had to be seen out of Shropshire for their scans. The state-of-the-art scanner was purchased by the League of Friends of the RSH last year after they raised an incredible £1 million [...]
