11 July 2023 We would like to thank our patients for their co-operation and support this morning following a police incident near the Princess Royal Hospital. Following advice from police we postponed some patient appointments, and we would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. It is now business as usual, and we will be in touch [...]
7 July 2023 A new surgical era is under way at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust transforming care for patients who will benefit from quicker recoveries and better outcomes. Surgeons have performed their first operations assisted by a state-of-the-art surgical robot. As well as providing patients with high quality care, robotic surgery is helping reduce the length of [...]
7 July 2023 Potential suppliers are being invited to find out information about doing business with their local NHS in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service, the procurement arm of the NHS in the county, is holding a ‘Meet the buyer – do business with the NHS’ event on Friday 14 July, at The Croud Meadow Stadium, Shrewsbury [...]
5 July 2023 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are marking the 75th birthday of the National Health Service by celebrating its staff and all of their achievements. This significant milestone on Wednesday 5 July provides an opportunity for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to celebrate our NHS and the difference it makes to people’s lives day in day [...]
4 July 2023 As part of its exciting plans for improving care for everyone, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is moving forward with its Outline Business Case (OBC) for the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). On track to be submitted this summer 2023, the approval of the OBC will be a key milestone in the national approval process, [...]
4 July 2023 A small-scale training exercise will be taking place at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford today. An emergency scenario will be played out for staff with support from Shropshire Fire and Rescue, West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Mercia Police and a wide range of other multi agency partners. The exercise will take place around the A&E department [...]
30 June 2023 Construction is well underway for a new £24 million planned care hub, which will provide more theatres and recovery areas as part of plans to transform patient care at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. The new hub will provide day case surgery for patients across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and mid Wales, supporting communities to receive [...]
Creating a better experience for our patients is one of our key priorities, and securing funding for an ambulance hub and to increase the size of the Discharge Lounge at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford is supporting us to do this. Our Trust secured £1.2 million to create the freestanding ambulance hub, which opened in April, providing eight spaces to [...]
27 June 2023 A freestanding ambulance hub is in operation at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford to provide a better experience for patients. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs PRH, secured £1.2 million to create the ambulance hub. This freestanding building adjacent to the Emergency Department opened in April 2023, providing eight spaces, which enables [...]
27 June An update on waiting list recovery following the pandemic, a conversation with retired nurses from One Voice, the Windrush Caribbean Community in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin as part of our Windrush and NHS 75 celebrations, as well as the Hospitals Transformation Programme are some of the topics included in our 'About Health' events. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
