18 January 2018 NHS Improvement (NHSI) has today confirmed the appointment of Mr Ben Reid OBE as Chair of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Mr Reid, a qualified accountant who lives in Worcestershire, is Group Chief Executive of the Mid-Counties Co-operative - which has outlets in Shropshire and Mid Wales - a position he has held for [...]
16 January 2018 A screening service provided by SaTH has passed its first ever Quality Assurance with flying colours. The Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, is based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Public Health England carried out the Quality Assurance of the screening service and found it to be “well organised” and [...]
11 January 2018 Community and Outpatient services at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) have been temporarily relocated while work continues to repair damage to the roof caused by last month’s heavy snowfall. The services have been moved to an adjacent ward within the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for the comfort of women using the services. Birthing and [...]
9 January 2018 A contemporary coffee shop is to open at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Caffé Bistro will replace the current Coffee City, situated near the Outpatients department, which opened in the hospital more than a decade ago. Caffé Bistro - artist impression Coffee City has been temporarily closed to undergo its transformation into Caffé Bistro, which [...]
9 January 2018 A new Chief Operating Officer has been appointed to help run Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. New Chief Operating Officer, Nigel Lee, is joining SaTH Nigel Lee is due to take up the role in March. He will replace Debbie Kadum, who retired from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) in December last year. [...]
Simon Wright 5 January 2018 Staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have been praised for the way they have pulled together to care for patients amid very high demand across the NHS. The hospitals have seen more than 130 people in its two Emergency Departments during peak times, with some elective appointments being postponed as teams prioritise the [...]
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3 January 2018 The following is a joint statement from Dr Edwin Borman, Medical Director, Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Quality and Sara Biffen, Interim Chief Operating Officer. “People will be aware of reports across the national media about the considerable difficulties that the NHS as a whole is experiencing this winter. “As we have publicised recently, The [...]
2 January 2018 Full inpatient maternity services at Midwife Led Units in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry reopened yesterday (Monday 1 January) following the temporary suspension of services earlier this year due to staffing shortages. The reopened services include the delivery suites for birth and postnatal care wards. Services are reopened following a successful recruitment programme, and the introduction of new [...]
27 December 2017 People are being asked to think carefully about whether they need to attend A&E at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. Sara Biffen, Interim Chief Operating Officer at SaTH, said: “Both of our A&E departments are currently under extreme pressure. As of 11am on Wednesday 27 December, we had 45 people waiting to [...]
