27 February 2025 Advocates are joining the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to improve the experience for patients by helping to identify and tackle any health inequalities. SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury (RSH) and Princess Royal (PRH) hospitals, has created the role of equality, diversity and inclusion advocates to support and challenge SaTH in identifying existing health [...]
We recently welcomed the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to the Emergency Department (ED) at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Regional representatives said that they were impressed with our colleagues for their kindness and passion for their roles. During their visit they spoke to as many people as they could - patients, nurses, consultants and other staff - and the [...]
26 February 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is proud to have been recognised as a Disability Confident Leader as part of a government scheme that promotes inclusive and accessible workplaces for disabled people. SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, is the main provider of acute hospital care for almost [...]
25 February 2025 Hospital workers will swap their warm beds for sleeping bags as part of ‘The Great Tommy Sleep Out’ in aid of homeless military veterans. Emma Colley, an Emergency Care Technician, and Sarah Millington, a Healthcare Assistant (HCA), who both work in the Emergency Department at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford will be joined by others [...]
20 February 2025 Staff at a hospital Trust have been on a mission to get patients moving by donating to a clothing scheme, which is now being opened to the public. The aim of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, is to improve patient [...]
19 February 2025 A Shropshire father will be running this year’s London Marathon to raise money for a Trust’s Neonatal Unit. Luke Butler chose to run the marathon for the The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity Neonatal Fund after his daughter Ella received care at the unit in 2022. Ella was born at the Heartlands Hospital [...]
Encouraging our patients to stay as active as possible can help them reduce the time it takes them to recover from illness or injury. It is known that if patients are inactive and stay in bed all day whilst in hospital this can lead to a decline in mobility and muscle strength. Colleagues at our Trust have done a tremendous [...]
18 February 2025 Patients are receiving faster and more efficient emergency care thanks to improvements in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) departments at the county’s two acute hospitals. Designed to provide urgent treatment for patients who don’t require an overnight stay, SDEC is helping to reduce waiting times, improve patient experience and ease pressure on busy emergency departments [...]
13 February 2025 Please be aware that, for a temporary period, from today until the end of March 2025, routine phlebotomy appointments (blood tests) provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will only be available from the following locations: Community Diagnostic Centre, Hollinswood House, Telford, TF3 3DD William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XL [...]
It is National Apprentice Week and here at the Trust we are celebrating and raising awareness about the wide variety of apprenticeship opportunities across the NHS. We have seen a rise in the number of colleagues on apprenticeship programmes ranging from accounting to associate project management. We currently have 214 colleagues on programmes. Danielle Childs is one of those [...]
