15 February 2018 Eight-month-old twin sisters Tali and Nina Owen-Tranter were born eight weeks prematurely weighing around 3lbs each. Tali and Nina with Julie Houlston, Neonatal Sister It meant that they needed specialist care in the neonatal unit at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, where they spent a month before finally being allowed to go home after [...]
9 February 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be suspended until 25 February 2018 to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Our mums are choosing to have their babies in our Consultant-led unit over our rural MLUs, such as Oswestry. To protect their safety during the birth, we are having to look [...]
9 February 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is switching to biodegradable drinking straws as it continues its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. Catering Operations Manager Ian Stuart with the new biodegradable straws The straws will be available, when required, at the Caffe Bistro outlets and the canteens at both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) [...]
2 February 2018 Mums-to-be will be able to deliver their babies at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) when it relocates next week. The MLU is being relocated to another part of the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to allow further repair work to take place after last month’s heavy snowfall caused damage to the roof. Birthing and [...]
31 January 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to offer “golden tickets” to student nurses to increase recruitment. Faye Crump, 2nd year student; Helen Jenkinson, Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality at SaTH and Mary Farmer, return to practice student, with a Golden Ticket. Instead of a formal interview, student nurses from Staffordshire University [...]
30 January 2018 New mums in Shropshire are treated with respect and dignity, listened to and given the help they need. Those are the findings of the latest survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The survey also found that women who raised concerns during their pregnancy or delivery had those concerns taken [...]
29 January 2018 Twelve-week-old Betsy Cheal is a little miracle. Luke and Abigail with Betsy She was born almost four weeks prematurely by emergency caesarean at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, after her mother Abigail Hulme suffered a rare, life-threatening complication during labour. Abigail, of Newport, had suffered a uterine rupture – a condition which affects [...]
25 January 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS with a specially themed fun day this summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will hold the event in the grounds of the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Saturday 7 July. The event will include the unveiling of a [...]
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 [...]
