28 March 2020 Nicola Wenlock, Director of Midwifery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “In light of COVID-19 (coronavirus) impact on our staffing levels and so we can provide the safest care and experience for our expectant mums, we are taking a number of temporary measures and are centralising our teams. All women due to give [...]
24 March 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has today taken the difficult decision to suspend visiting at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. SaTH is working hard to prevent the spread of the virus and to protect staff, patients and visitors from [...]
9 March 2020 A new 25-bed ward today opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to help patients return home more quickly. The team of healthcare professionals based in the new Ward 35 at RSH. The opening of Ward 35, a therapy-led ward/discharge lounge, will also help to ease pressure on the hospital’s busy emergency department by creating [...]
3 March 2020 Artist’s impressions of the new Macmillan Cancer Support Service, which is being created within the Hamar Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), have been revealed this week. SaTH and Macmillan Cancer Support are working in partnership with other local charities to extend and improve existing services within the Hamar Centre, including the development of a new [...]
Professor Alex Heazell, Professor of Obstetrics and Director of the Tommy's Research Centre 27 February 2020 Today many members of staff from our Trust have been at the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Saving Babies Lives Forward Planning event. The event, organised by the Local Maternity System (LMS), included talks from leading experts within the field of preventing perinatal [...]
27 February 2020 The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and its League of Friends are getting behind a unique reusable takeaway cup scheme - with the introduction of the Shrewsbury Cup at their cafes. From this week, hospital staff, patients and visitors can choose to have their takeaway drink served in the Shrewsbury Cup; a reusable cup for which they pay [...]
18 February 2020 A prestigious award recognising excellence in the provision of palliative care has been presented to a team from SaTH. Representatives from the Trust received the prestigious Dundas Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), jointly awarded by the College and PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital). The team was chosen for its innovative and [...]
4 February 2020 SaTH and Macmillan Cancer Support have launched a new Living Well video made by staff and volunteers which aims to provide more information and support to local people living with cancer, especially those in the most isolated areas in the region. The video provides patients with an opportunity to hear from other people living with cancer as [...]
28 January 2020 A new sign has been installed outside the Lingen Davies Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to help patients who are living with Dementia. The idea for the sign followed a walkabout by members of the Radiotherapy team who are based within the centre at RSH, and George Rook, Chair of Shropshire Dementia Action Alliance, who [...]
24 January 2020 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is making a number of improvements to its Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) work to support staff, patients and the local community. Following a successful launch last year, this week The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital [...]
