24 April 2018 Catering Manager Nick Parkin and End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis with the hamper that Nick has pledged to raffle to help raise funds for a new Swan Room. Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have made pledges to improve patient care. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
Sign up today at www.sath.nhs.uk/nhs70 Entries are now open for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s 5K Fun Run to celebrate 70 Years of the NHS. The event, which is being organised in partnership with the Dolly Mixtures, starts at 10.30am on Saturday 7 July at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Entry costs £5 (plus admin fee) and [...]
18 April 2018 A phlebotomy service provided at Princess House in Shrewsbury town centre is to move to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From 1 May, GP patients who have previously used Princess House in The Square will be asked to attend Elizabeth House based at the RSH, which already provides walk-in phlebotomy clinics. The service at Princess House will close [...]
13 April 2018 Patients, visitors and staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will have the chance to win a fantastic food hamper while supporting end of life care. Jules Lewis and Nick Parkin with the hamper The hamper has been donated by the Catering team and will be raffled off to support the Swan Fund at The [...]
12 April 2018 Weekly pay is now being offered to people who join Shropshire’s two acute hospitals pool of bank staff. The change at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was introduced on 1 April 2018 in response to feedback from employees. Bank staff, which included nurses, healthcare assistants, porters, domestics and medical records staff, means patients are [...]
12 April 2018 Bubble football, a Nerf gun arena, Army medics, music and food, including a barbeque provided by Rapid Relief Team – these are just some of the attractions that will greet visitors to a special charity fun day which will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The event, which will also feature a 5km charity fun run, [...]
4 April 2018 Shropshire patients have been taking part in exercise classes to music from the 40s and 50s as part of a drive to get them up, dressed in their own clothes and moving to boost their recovery. Jane Smith (right) and Liz Davies with Physiotherapist Erin Tsang Patients on Ward 16 at the Princess Royal Hospital [...]
28 March 2018 The following news is from our partners at NHS Future Fit. For more information please view the special edition of our Safest and Kindest Newsletter. Half a million people living in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are set to benefit from a capital funding injection of £300 million to transform their local hospital services. The [...]
27 March 2018 Visitors and staff at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford can expect a blooming lovely welcome over the new few weeks. Luke Hickman with the crocus he helped to plant Ten thousand crocus bulbs planted by schoolchildren last year have sprung up, creating beautiful swathes of purple either side of the footpaths from the car park [...]
26 March 2018 A pensioner from Wellington is having his genetic code mapped to help launch a scientific revolution in the fight against a rare disease that limits your ability to walk. Michael Bradley has suspected Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) and on Friday 23 March he became The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) 100th patient to take part [...]
