2017 – Page 9

REMINDER:- Malling Health Wrekin GP Practice Closes Monday 31 July 2017 – Patients will need to re-register with another Telford and Wrekin Doctors’ Surgery

Press Release from The Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group Date: 27 July 2017 The current Doctors’ Surgery, Malling Health Wrekin GP Practice, located at Telford Princess Royal Hospital, will close on 31 July 2017. The Walk-In Centre will continue to offer appointments until the 9 August 2017 from until All patients who are registered at the practice will have [...]

REMINDER:- Malling Health Wrekin GP Practice Closes Monday 31 July 2017 – Patients will need to re-register with another Telford and Wrekin Doctors’ SurgerySally Orrell2017-07-28T07:50:14+01:00

Charity Fun Day raises more than £18,000

25 July 2017 More than 300 people walked, ran or cycled to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Saturday as part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) annual Charity Fun Day. This year’s fundraiser – known as the Butterfly Effect – kicked off proceedings at 8am on Saturday 22 July and raised approximately £18,500 for 23 different [...]

Charity Fun Day raises more than £18,000Claire Dunn2017-11-08T11:35:33+00:00

Productive meeting about healthcare

21 July 2017 Senior leaders at Shropshire’s acute trust reaffirmed their support for Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) during a productive meeting with North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson today (21 July 2017). Last month the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) agreed to temporarily suspend services at MLUs in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry for between three and six [...]

Productive meeting about healthcareClaire Dunn2018-01-08T09:37:49+00:00

High demand at our A&E Departments

19 July 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals are very busy and people are asked to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time consuming, is really necessary. The A&E Departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford have been very busy today (Wednesday 19 July 2017). People suffering from minor [...]

High demand at our A&E DepartmentsClaire Dunn2017-07-19T16:32:43+01:00

Thunderbirds are go for Craig as he prepares for charity rally

Wednesday 19 July 2017 Craig with the Jaguar Thunderbirds are go for a Shropshire hospital technician who has transformed a Jaguar into a vehicle from the classic television show to raise money for charity in an epic trip across five countries. Craig Cantwell, a mechanical and electrical technician at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, [...]

Thunderbirds are go for Craig as he prepares for charity rallyClaire Dunn2017-07-19T13:11:45+01:00

SaTH part of pioneering project to develop next generation of targeted therapies

19 July 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking part in NHS England’s pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project. Helen Moore, Clinical Trials Manager at SaTH, takes bloods as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. The government-funded programme will sequence 100,000 genomes - all the information in our DNA – to help improve treatment of rare [...]

SaTH part of pioneering project to develop next generation of targeted therapiesClaire Dunn2017-07-19T10:03:55+01:00

Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals join ground-breaking improvement initiative

18 July 2017 Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have been selected to join Q – an initiative aiming to support continuous improvement in the quality of care for patients. Mark Cheetham (Scheduled Care Group Medical Director), Nick Holding (Senior Kaizen Promotion Office Specialist), Dr Sheena Khanduri (Clinical Lead for Cancer Services), Sam Hooper (Medical Performance Manager), Keith Roberts (Senior [...]

Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals join ground-breaking improvement initiativeClaire Dunn2017-07-18T08:54:28+01:00

New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units

Press release issued on behalf of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group: Date: 13 July 2017 New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units New parents and mums-to-be are being invited to share their experiences of midwife-led units (MLUs), as part of a review by Shropshire, and Telford and [...]

New parents, mums-to-be, and staff invited to share their experiences of midwife-led unitsSally Orrell2017-07-17T07:45:49+01:00

Almost £60,000 funding boost to improve the safety of maternity services

11 July 2017 Shropshire’s maternity service has been awarded almost £60,000 to deliver training to improve safety. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the service was awarded £59,882 from Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund. Nationally more than £8million has been distributed to 136 NHS Trusts, including all 134 acute Trusts with maternity units. [...]

Almost £60,000 funding boost to improve the safety of maternity servicesClaire Dunn2017-07-11T11:55:08+01:00

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRH

11 July 2017 A 230ft high crane has now removed an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) – to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) [...]

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRHSally Orrell2017-07-11T09:16:18+01:00