1 November 2017 A team of volunteers, including 40 youngsters from a Shropshire secondary school, have planted 10,000 purple crocus bulbs at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). The pupils and staff from Hadley Learning Community in Telford yesterday (October 31) joined members of the Rotary Club of Telford Centre to plant the thousands of little corms in the hospital grounds. [...]
26 October 2017 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is one of the best in the region when it comes to the length of time patients are spending in hospital. But the Trust is refusing to rest on its laurels as it looks to fulfil its ambition to ensure patients spend the shortest time in hospital possible before being [...]
19 October 2017 Staff on Ward 10 at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are ‘champions’ when it comes to serving up the perfect mealtime for their patients. The ward at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which was previously Ward 17 (frail and complex elderly), scooped a Gold for Protected Mealtimes during an unannounced audit. Ward [...]
16 October 2017 It is mission accomplished for the Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, who successfully climbed four volcanoes in five days to raise money for a new state-of-the-art scanner. Simon Wright returned to work this morning (Monday) bruised and little sore, but delighted to have succeeded in tackling Sicily’s “Mighty Four” volcanoes - Stromboli, Vulcano, Salina and [...]
16 October 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is ahead of the game when it comes to promoting healthy eating. Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS, has said sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 calories or under. The proposals would also see 75% of pre-packed sandwiches coming in at under 400 calories. Pre-packed [...]
11 October 2017 Thirty members of the neonatal team at Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been recognised by parents for the care given to their babies. The Neonatal team have been recognised for their care They were all individually nominated for the prestigious Parent’s Choice Award in an annual awards scheme run by the Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country [...]
10 October 2017 Julia Brooks has helped to deliver hundreds of babies across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin in a career that has spanned 41 years. Now Julia, a senior midwife with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), will say goodbye to the job, which she says has been ‘a real privilege’. Julia, who is Maternity Outpatients Ward [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will benefit from new state-of-the-art ophthalmology equipment that will help detect eye conditions in both adults and children. Sight Loss Shropshire has made a generous £5,000 donation towards a new visual fields machine for the Eye Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), run by SaTH. Andrew Evans (L) receives the [...]
28 September 2017 (Updated 21 January 2018) The suspension of Neurology services to new referrals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) continues. The service was suspended in March 2017 to new referrals for an initial period of six months, as it was experiencing some difficulties in managing demand. The Trust currently has two Consultant Neurologists supported by [...]
25 September 2017 A team from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is heading to Germany this week to defend their title at the European Resuscitation Congress. The Trust's resuscitation team, which has been selected by the Resuscitation Council to represent the UK, will be made up of Tom Wood, Dave Green, Dodiy Herman, Nicola Ijewsky, Rachel Bowen [...]
