14 April 2020 A new Interim Chief Nurse is to join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as it continues its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Maggie Bayley will take over from Interim Director of Nursing Barbara Beal, who has been shielding since the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Louise Barnett, Chief Executive at SaTH, said: "Barbara Beal has [...]
9 April 2020 Strictly stars Robin Windsor and Flavia Cacace and Radio Shropshire's Jim Hawkins An eight-year-old girl has created a video spreading a message of love to NHS staff, featuring some well known-faces. Phoebe Morgan-Mialkowski created the video as part of a project, while being ‘home schooled’ by her mum, Julia Morgan. The video features people holding [...]
9 April 2020 A Shropshire distillery has switched production from spirits to hand sanitiser, in a bid to help the county’s hospitals during the Coronavirus outbreak. Henstone Distillery, based in Oswestry, has been using the alcohol it has to make the currently in-demand, effective hand wash for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), The Robert Jones and Agnes [...]
8 April 2020 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals continues to be rated ‘Inadequate’ from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an inspection in November 2019. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), is rated ‘Inadequate’ overall for Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-Led, and rated [...]
3 April 2020 Help for patients requiring urgent and emergency care is still available across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin while health experts deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Although the advice for most people remains ‘Stay at Home’, medical care is still available through GP surgeries and the Emergency Departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and [...]
28 March 2020 Nicola Wenlock, Director of Midwifery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “In light of COVID-19 (coronavirus) impact on our staffing levels and so we can provide the safest care and experience for our expectant mums, we are taking a number of temporary measures and are centralising our teams. All women due to give [...]
24 March 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has today taken the difficult decision to suspend visiting at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. SaTH is working hard to prevent the spread of the virus and to protect staff, patients and visitors from [...]
23 March 2020 Dr Arne Rose, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “Sadly, we can confirm that a man who was being cared for at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and had tested positive for COVID-19, has died. “The patient, who died on 21 March, was in his 40s and had underlying health [...]
21 March 2020 Dr Arne Rose, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “Sadly, we can confirm that a woman who was being cared for at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and had tested positive for COVID-19, has died. “The patient, who died on 15 March, was in her 40s and had serious underlying [...]
20 March 2020 Next week’s meeting of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Board is to become largely ‘virtual’, with members of the public being urged not to attend. SaTH’s Board meetings are normally held in public, but in order to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus, a decision has been made to hold the meeting remotely for [...]
