31 January 2023 Ella Sadd, Macmillan Support Centre Assistant Manager at SaTH, at the new-look centre Those living with cancer and their loved ones are invited to drop into the new-look Macmillan Cancer Support Centre which is to be relaunched. The existing centre has been extended into the former Rehabitat shop area at the hospital, which is run [...]
26 January 2023 Communities from across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales joined a livestream on Tuesday 24 January to hear the latest on plans to improve local hospital services. Key clinical leads from the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP), representing The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), led the session which talked people through how the programme [...]
More than 100 members of our community joined an About Health event where they found out the latest on the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP) and what this means for our services. Thank you to everyone who joined last night’s (Tuesday 24 January) livestream and to those who submitted their questions in advance of the session. It’s really important that we [...]
19 January 2023 In 2023 health and care organisations across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales are aiming to secure the final national approvals for the Hospitals Transformation Programme, which will lead to improvements in hospital services for everyone across the region. To support the delivery of the programme, doctors and other health and care professionals, along with local [...]
I would like to reassure you that we along with our health and social care partners are doing all we can to keep disruption to a minimum as today and tomorrow sees strike action by nurses and the ambulance service next Monday. Nurses at our hospitals will not be taking part in the action by the Royal College of Nursing [...]
17 January 2023 Self-service kiosks have been launched in a pilot scheme at one of the county’s acute hospitals’ Accident and Emergency departments to ensure that patients are directed to the most appropriate place for their care. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has introduced the urgent care self-service tool, also known as the streaming and redirection tool, [...]
17 January 2023 Join our local Eye-care Transformation Team on Tuesday 7 February to hear about proposals for future eye-care services and share your views and feedback. Over recent months, the health and care system in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has been working together to transform eye-care services. We have listened to clinicians, members of the public, patients and carers [...]
12 January 2023 We are pleased to confirm the appointment of Dr John Jones as the Trust’s Medical Director, following a rigorous recruitment process. Dr Jones, the acting Medical Director, brings significant strategic and clinical experience to the Trust. He has been a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at the Trust for 19 years, working in both of our hospitals. Having [...]
12 January 2023 A new survey by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that women are treated with dignity and respect whilst receiving antenatal care, and during labour and birth, at the Trust that provides maternity services for women in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. The 2022 CQC Maternity Survey involved 121 NHS Trusts in England and [...]
If you are interested in finding out more about the Hospital Transformation Programme, please register to join this online event. 2023 will be a milestone year for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and the Hospital Transformation Programme, which aims to improve services across our two hospital sites. These improvements will be central to us developing two thriving hospitals [...]
