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 [...]
24 February 2017 A sculpture donated to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) by a former patient has been badly damaged by Storm Doris, which battered the region yesterday. The sculpture, entitled The Murmur of Voices, was donated by sculptor Tony Roberts for the garden at the Hamar Help and Support Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
“The following information is from our partners at the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP)". The Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Sustainability and Transformation Plan (Related post can be found here) has been updated recently to build on our earlier progress and it takes account of feedback we have received from many of our key stakeholders. Our 18 partner organisations will continue to [...]
23 February 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has appointed a new in interim Director of Nursing and Quality. Colin Ovington Colin Ovington has been a Director of Nursing with four organisations, enjoying considerable experience with over 38 years in nursing. Colin, takes over from Sarah Bloomfield, will join the Trust on 6 March 2017 [...]
22 February 2017 How would you like to brighten up a patient’s stay in hospital? Now you can – by designing a greetings card for patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is running a competition for people to create new designs for its popular eCards. [...]
21 February 2017 We are working in partnership with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust to plant 2,000 trees at the Princess Royal Hospital and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. We need your help to plant trees at both of our hospital sites. We are holding tree-planting days on the following dates: Wednesday 22 March 2017 - Princess Royal Hospital, Telford Thursday 23 March 2017 [...]
