17 September 2019
You know that copy of Chesney Hawkes’s debut album that you’ve got hidden in a box in the loft? Or the Steps CD you bought for a laugh? Well, Shropshire’s acute hospitals might have a use for them.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), is holding a ‘CD amnesty’.
Andrew James, from SaTH Charity, said: “We’ve been contacted by a number of departments who are looking for CDs to play while patients are undergoing procedures like, for example, a scan or an X-ray.
“Music can calm down patients who may be nervous about such procedures, and we’d like to be able to build up a bank of CDs that means patients can choose their favourite music from our catalogue.”
Following a staff appeal, the Trust has already received dozens of CDs, but would still like more more.
Unwanted CDs can be sent to Andrew James c/o SaTH Charity, Stretton House, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ. They can also be left at the Cashiers’ Offices at RSH and PRH.