10 December 2024 A fund set up to support patients who are receiving end of life care and their loved ones has reached £100,000. The Swan Fund was set up in 2015 by Jules Lewis who is Swan End of Life Care Lead Nurse at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It was started with a £500 donation [...]
Friday 6 December 2024 From our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Council A ladies knitting group, funded through Telford & Wrekin Council, has handmade a hundred kindness hearts to bring comfort to patients receiving end of life care and their families. Penny Watson and Miriam Gilbert from SaTH's palliative and end of life care team with ladies from [...]
Friday 6 December Currently the construction site is being set up to safely demolish Elizabeth House at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Please be aware that from Monday 16 December, the entrance into the hospital building by Elizabeth House will close. Patients and visitors who previously accessed the hospital building through the entrance by Elizabeth House will be able [...]
3 December 2024 A £1 million research study which could revolutionise the diagnosis of colorectal cancer not just in the county but potentially worldwide has been launched at the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford. The TRIOMIC study will reduce the amount of time patients are waiting and worrying about a colorectal cancer diagnosis. A new test is being [...]
2 December 2024 Please be aware that from 6am on Friday 6 December, we will be introducing a one-way traffic system on parts of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site, which will help manage the flow of traffic with increased construction vehicles on site. Vehicles entering the site from the roundabout at Mytton Oak Road will be able to travel to [...]
This is my final column and I would like to say a huge thank you, and to those I have worked alongside for the last four years. I have had the absolute privilege of working for the Trust as the Director of Nursing and in my role I have enjoyed meeting so many wonderful patients, their loved ones, colleagues, volunteers [...]
26 November 2024 Paula Gardner will join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as Interim Chief Nursing Officer in early December 2024. Paula is an experienced nurse who has worked in NHS acute trusts for over 40 years, including most recently as Interim Chief Nursing Officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and before this as [...]
26 November 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust held a celebration to mark the contribution of their members of staff who have completed 25, 40 and even an incredible 50 years of service. Over forty members of staff with more than 1,660 years’ experience between them, who work at both Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal [...]
19 November 2024 The winner of this year’s Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award has been announced as part of an award ceremony for the Trust which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. Janice Llewellyn, Children’s Oncology and Haematology Nurse, was crowned the winner in the only category that patients, families and members of the public can nominate and vote [...]
It was good to recognise colleagues who go above and beyond at this year’s Trust celebratory awards. The spotlight was put on the amazing achievements of my colleagues and I enjoyed meeting the finalists and winners from the 15 categories at the awards ceremony. One of the categories was the Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award and I would like [...]
