21 December 2021 The turbo-charged booster vaccine campaign has broken through a key landmark in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin – with 50,000 people having received their jabs. It comes just eight days after the national effort launched on Monday 13 December to deliver up to 18.3 million boosters by 31 December. In Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin that equates to more [...]
20 December 2021 Shrewsbury Town captain Elliott Bennett was one of several club stars to get their covid booster jab as Bob the Vaccination Bus dropped in on the Montgomery Waters Meadow for his busiest day ever. It was the finale to a perfect Saturday for Bennett – who had just come off the pitch after helping his team to [...]
On 13th November Hefin Richards walked from his home in Llandrinio to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for SaTH Charity. This achievement is very special as 12 months earlier he was in ITU battling COVID-19 and unable to take even just a few steps. Hefin credits Ward 32 & ITU as heroes who saved his life. Hefin Richards said “12 months ago [...]
17 December 2021 More than 20,000 vaccine jabs are up for grabs this weekend as the booster programme in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin gears up for a Super Saturday and Sunday. And anyone still waiting to come forward for their booster is being urged to act now – giving greater peace of mind as families and friends get ready to [...]
17 December A second Covid-19 vaccine bus is being rolled out across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to encourage more people to get on board with having their first and second doses of their jabs closer to home. Many local residents will be familiar with Bob the Bus – the mobile vaccination service that has been parking up at a number of locations during the pandemic. Now, in [...]
17 December Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury, Hodnet and Church Stretton Fire Stations are now offering NHS walk-in vaccination clinics to all those who are eligible for jabs. Anyone aged 12 or over can walk-in for their first, second, third or booster COVID-19 vaccination at the Fire Station vaccination clinics held across the week until the end of January, from 10am to 4pm: [...]
14 December 2021 The covid vaccination booster programme in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) is set for a dramatic acceleration – with capacity to reach more than 10,000 jabs a day by the weekend. Local health and care leaders have set a goal of jabbing up to 160,000 people by New Year’s Eve – including offering a booster to the [...]
Inpatient cardiology services are to be temporarily centralised at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Currently there are 24 cardiology inpatient beds at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) but these will be relocated to the PRH in early 2022. The move will centralise the highly skilled Cardiology Nursing Team in one location, with our cardiology patients seeing an increased level of [...]
AAA Screening Clinical Skills Trainer Sharon Bell, AAA Screening Technician Jodie Joyner; Organising Secretary of League of Friends RSH Sue Hurdiss; AAA Screening Technician Rhian Baker and AAA Screening Programme Coordinator Jessica Smith A charity has presented the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust with funding for two portable ultrasound [...]
8 December 2021 A patient who was one of the very first in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to be vaccinated against Covid-19 has spoken of his admiration for the resilience health workers and volunteers have demonstrated one year on from his first dose. As we mark the year anniversary since the Covid-19 vaccination programme – the largest and fastest in [...]
