15 December 2023 People living in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being urged to play their part in supporting health and care services this winter. The plea comes as health and social care services come under increasing pressure – with the situation expected to become ever more challenging over the festive period. In an open letter, bosses at NHS Shropshire, [...]
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 [...]
An update from our colleagues at Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 5 October 2021 Routine blood tests for patients in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have resumed as the shortage of blood test tubes has eased. Work is now taking place to clear the backlog of non-urgent blood tests which were paused on NHS England (NHSE) guidance. [...]
10 September 2021 Update on elective surgery In line with the pressures being experienced nationally across the NHS, our hospitals are continuing to see very high levels of demands for patients needing urgent care, as well as rising numbers of COVID-19 patients needing inpatient care. “To manage this demand and ensure that these patients receive the urgent treatment they need, [...]
1 September 2021 Patients in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being advised that the online booking service for blood tests is temporarily unavailable. NHS England (NHSE) has requested all providers take action to reduce the use of blood bottles because of a global shortage. The online booking service is operated by SaTH. Anyone who needs a test for urgent health [...]
14 July 2021 A member of staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has developed an eye-catching way to educate colleagues about the management of sepsis. Jess Davies, Critical Care Nurse and former Sepsis champion for Recovery at SaTH, has created characters to represent the Sepsis Six. The Sepsis Six is bundle of six interventions for patients identified [...]
12 July 2021 Individuals and teams from across Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been honoured at its first ever virtual awards ceremony. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Awards took place online on Friday to celebrate the achievements of [...]
8 July 2021 Young people from across Shropshire have joined forces to encourage others to get their COVID-19 vaccine, play their part in stopping the impact of coronavirus and help us to return to ‘normal’ life. Their rallying call, which is part of a major drive by NHS Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, comes ahead of a weekend of walk-in [...]
2 July 2021 A garden created to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford will be unveiled on 5 July – the day the NHS celebrates its 73rd birthday. An unused courtyard has been transformed into a haven for rest and reflection for staff at the Trust as well as patients and visitors. It [...]
26 June 2021 Members of the public are being asked to vote for the winner of the Public Recognition Award in a virtual awards ceremony being held by the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, will hold [...]
