Friday 10 March 2017 They are some of the unsung heroes of the NHS – many working behind the scenes to help provide the best care possible for patients. This week the spotlight is shining on healthcare scientists, who work in a range of roles to support patients. Healthcare Science Week runs from 10 – 19 March 2017 as part [...]
8 March 2017 A new Director of Nursing and Quality has been appointed at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Deirdre Fowler Deirdre Fowler has been appointed to the role at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, in Telford. Deirdre, who is currently Director [...]
7 March 2017 A team of Doctors and Nurses from SaTH are preparing to compete in a charity fun run in support of a colleague whose newborn baby required life-saving surgery. Sandi Angus, an Emergency Medicine Doctor at PRH gave birth to her and husband Ian’s first child, Joshua, in November 2015, but within four days they were told the [...]
We have today issued the first edition of Safest & Kindest, a new public newsletter of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). In this 16-page newsletter (found Here) you can read about: How consultants have explored the benefits and pitfalls of transforming emergency care from other organisations. This is on page 4 An innovative new cancer App, funded by [...]
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Useful Links Bowel Cancer Facts Bowel Cancer Screening Bowel Cancer Symptoms Screening for Bowel Cancer can save lives but at the moment in some areas of the UK only a third of those who receive a test complete it, meaning thousands of people are missing out [...]
1 March 2017 A senior nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been invited to start the London Marathon alongside a host of celebrities having already raised more than £2,000 for charity. Phil Fewtrell Phil Fewtrell, Assistant Business Manager (Surgery) at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), will be running the world’s [...]
