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 [...]
11 February 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust (SaTH) construction partners, Integrated Health Projects (IHP) have been supporting communities through a number of social value initiatives. In January last year, the VINCI Building led project, which is part of the joint venture, IHP, were announced as construction partners for the new healthcare facilities at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
11 February 2025 A hospital Trust worker is taking on a 125-mile walk challenge to raise money for a new Critical Care “sky garden” which is being built as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). Julia Johnson, a Critical Care Practice Education Facilitator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), is raising funds for SaTH Charity [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is shining a spotlight on its apprentices during National Apprentice Week (10-16 February). It is celebrating and raising awareness about the diverse and wide variety of apprenticeship opportunities that are available at SaTH and the rest of the NHS. The theme is ‘Skills for Life’. The week will reflect on how [...]
06 February 2025 A new electronic way of tracking patients through their journey in the surgical assessment unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been successfully launched. The senior nursing team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, has worked in collaboration with the Trust’s digital team to create a [...]
5 February 2025 From Monday 17 February to Friday 28 February, we will be undertaking drainage diversion works on the road leading up to the Copthorne Building. This means that for two weeks, the road will become single-lane and be managed by a traffic marshal from 8.30am-4.30pm, Monday-Friday. Services and departments in the Copthorne Building will remain open as [...]
5 February 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is introducing changes to car parking charges for patients and visitors from Monday 7 April 2025. The changes are being brought in to ensure the Trust can cover the many costs associated with running and maintaining the car parks at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and [...]
5 February 2025 So many of my colleagues are inspirational and this week I would like to put the spotlight on one of our volunteers Terry Seston who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and porter Lauren Clarke who took part in an internship project. Both always have a smile on their faces and show such compassion in their roles, [...]
