18 December 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) was officially re-opened today (Tuesday 18 December) following a £500,000 refurbishment. The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Peter Nutting, was joined by some of the mums, their families and the staff who helped re-design the unit, to cut the ribbon and officially open the £500,000 refurbished Midwife Led Unit. The Mayor of [...]
18 December 2018 Staff and patients on the Children’s Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford didn’t expect to see Tigers at this time of year - especially Tigers handing out gifts. The Telford Tigers delivered 200 teddy bears to the Children's Ward. They are pictured with Jodie Frost (Play Practitioner). But they were actually members [...]
14 December 2018 A generous donation by a Shropshire charity has enabled SaTH to purchase two new retinoscopes which will benefit youngsters across the county. Sight Loss Shropshire (SLS) has kindly paid for the new eye equipment, which will be used by the SaTH’s Paediatric Ophthalmology team, and which will replace two old retinoscopes. Andrea Elkan and Anna Turner [...]
10 December 2018 Innovative new information boards, designed by staff to improve care for their patients, are being trialled at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. ITU Staff Nurse Andre Goncalves with the 'About Me' boards ‘About Me’ boards have been introduced into the ITUs at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. They have [...]
7 December 2018 Six new members of staff have joined the Shropshire Diabetic Eye Screening team providing more opportunities for patients to access clinics in the evenings and at weekends. Every year more than 25,000 patients with diabetes across Shropshire, aged 12 and above, are invited to be screened to check for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to [...]
30 November 2018 More than 99 per cent of patients needing a diagnostic test at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals received one within six weeks, it’s been confirmed. This key target has been met every single month since February 2017, with the latest figures revealing that 99.69% of patients received a diagnostic test within six week at The Shrewsbury and Telford [...]
28 November 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is among the best in the country for making sure patients wait no longer than 18 weeks between seeing their GP and having treatment at hospital. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has hit the hit national 92% referral to treatment (RTT) for 13 of the past [...]
27 November 2018 Health and social care professionals from across the county have spent a week together to explore new ways of getting patients to leave hospital sooner so they can recover in the best possible place. The team involved in the improvement work Representatives from 10 different organisations – including Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning [...]
26 November 2018 The League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has made a fantastic donation of £43,000 enabling SaTH to purchase two new microscopes, which are already helping patients. The Olympus and Nikon consultant grade microscopes were bought for the Cellular Pathology Team; and both have integrated cameras which will help with teaching and presentations to multidisciplinary teams. [...]
13 November 2018 They have been carefully created to help youngsters cope with their grief following the death of a loved one. These handmade bereavement bags have been filled with a hand knitted teddy bear, colouring pens and paper – alongside information on dealing with bereavement. There will even be a coloured memory stone inside for the child as a [...]
