25 September 2017 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), who have gone the extra mile in their care of their patients, are in the running for its Public Choice VIP Award 2017. Three nominees - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Stuart Hay and the Fracture Clinic Team, Senior Paediatric Audiologist Faye Perring and Gastro/IBD Specialist Nurse Sally [...]
22 September 2017 Ten thousand crocuses are to be planted at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford next month – with a sea of purple blooms expected next spring. The project will be led by the Rotary Club of Telford Centre, and will see 40 Year 7 pupils from Hadley Learning Community in Telford, join the Rotarians to plant [...]
18 September 2017 Services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s (RSH) Midwife Led Unit have been temporarily suspended from 5pm on Monday 18 September until 8am on Tuesday September 19. Unfortunately flash flooding has caused damage to the roof of the unit, meaning that part of it is inaccessible. All women who are due to have their baby have been notified, [...]
8 September 2017 More than 40 new nurses have joined the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The 42 nurses will work across scheduled and unscheduled care at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. The appointments will boost the workforce at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and reduce the [...]
6 September 2017 A new bus stop has opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) benefiting both patients and staff. The bus stop is located at the Treatment Centre at rear of the Copthorne site, and officially launched on Monday 4 September. It is the second stop at the RSH, with the first being located near Outpatients. It means that [...]
1 September 2017 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has appointed its first ever ‘Community Engagement Champion’. Kate Ballinger Kate Ballinger is The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) new Community Engagement Facilitator. It is a completely new position created to encourage and enable the community to become actively involved in decision-making and shaping services [...]
1 September 2017 Staff working on a specialist Ward for patients who have suffered a stroke have created the first ‘Exemplar Ward’ at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Staff on Ward 16 are presented with their Exemplar Ward certificate and badges by Simon Wright, Chief Executive Ward 16, the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in [...]
15 August 2017 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Local people are being invited to register to take part in a community workshop as part of the review on midwife-led units (MLUs) being carried out by Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). Five community workshops will [...]
21 June 2017 Continued long-term and short-term sickness which has been affecting the Maternity Service at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for a number of weeks has unfortunately led to the further temporary suspension of some services. Services for women booked to give birth at Oswestry and Ludlow Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) will be suspended until 8am on [...]
14 June 2017 Services for women booked to give birth at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) and Oswestry MLU have been temporarily suspended until 8am on Wednesday 21 June. Day services for expectant mums will continue as normal. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow and Oswestry MLUs who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered [...]
