State-of-the-art robotic surgery transforming care for patients

7 July 2023 A new surgical era is under way at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust transforming care for patients who will benefit from quicker recoveries and better outcomes. Surgeons have performed their first operations assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot. As well as providing patients with high quality care, robotic surgery is helping reduce the length of [...]

State-of-the-art robotic surgery transforming care for patients2023-07-07T14:55:47+01:00

Training exercise at Princess Royal Hospital

4 July 2023 A small-scale training exercise will be taking place at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford today. An emergency scenario will be played out for staff with support from Shropshire Fire and Rescue, West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Mercia Police and a wide range of other multi agency partners. The exercise will take place around the A&E department [...]

Training exercise at Princess Royal Hospital2023-07-04T08:25:00+01:00

Junior doctors’ industrial action – information and advice

13 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin information and advice about Junior Doctors’ 72-hour industrial action: 14-17 June The next planned industrial action is from the junior doctors with strike action planned for 72 hours between 7am on Wednesday 14 June until 7am on Saturday 17 June. This is [...]

Junior doctors’ industrial action – information and advice2023-06-13T11:13:30+01:00

Beat the heat and stay safe

9 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin With an amber weather alert announced and temperatures set to become ‘very warm’ to ‘hot’ between Saturday and Monday across the Midlands, we’re urging everyone across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to beat the heat and stay safe this weekend. Hot weather can increase the risk of [...]

Beat the heat and stay safe2023-06-09T13:28:49+01:00

Critical incident at PRH stood down

14 May 2022 The critical incident at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, which was declared on Thursday, was stood down today at 12.35pm. Due to the hard work and close co-operation of all involved, all services have been resumed as normal. Thank you for your patience.

Critical incident at PRH stood down2022-05-14T14:34:47+01:00

Visiting to be re-introduced at Trust hospitals

29 April 2022 In-patient visiting is to be re-introduced at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals from Tuesday 3 May, after it was previously suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will be asked to continue to help restrict the spread of the virus by following some key requirements, including wearing face masks and observing social distancing when [...]

Visiting to be re-introduced at Trust hospitals2022-04-29T11:58:44+01:00

Open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

14 April 2022 Below is an open letter from Chief Executive, Louise Barnett. This letter can also be read here. An open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust On Wednesday 30 March 2022, Mrs Donna Ockenden published her final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at our hospitals. The report is devastating [...]

Open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust2022-04-14T17:12:00+01:00

Health and Social Care Careers Fair to inspire future professionals

28 February 2022 For those interested to learn more about a career in health and social care, colleagues from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) are hosting a dedicated Careers Fair to ignite passion and inspire budding health and social care professionals. The ICS Health and Social Care Careers Fair takes place on Thursday 3 March 2022, [...]

Health and Social Care Careers Fair to inspire future professionals2022-02-28T14:53:16+00:00

19 January 2022

Even during these difficult times we are always looking to see how we can improve our care for those we serve and we will often look to you all to help us with this work. One such proposal is to move the renal dialysis services which are currently being provided at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford, to a £4.5 [...]

19 January 20222022-01-24T16:57:24+00:00

‘Grab a jab’ during week of walk-ins

20 January 2022 People in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being urged to grab a jab this week with at least 16 walk-in sites available across the county. The NHS is launching a week of walk-ins which means that many people are now closer than ever to a walk-in vaccination site and getting protected from the dangers of the Covid-19 variant, Omicron and Long Covid. [...]

‘Grab a jab’ during week of walk-ins2022-01-20T17:08:05+00:00