We are encouraging our communities to ‘Think which service?’ they need for their health needs as Easter approaches and is followed by the junior doctors’ strike. Our emergency departments (ED) are extremely busy but more so during bank holidays as we have more visitors come along to our lovely county to see tourist attractions or dropping in on family and [...]
With Easter fast approaching, please make sure that you order any of your repeat prescriptions in good time for the bank holiday weekend. Some pharmacies and GP practices are closed over the bank holiday weekend, so we would remind you to check whether you have your required supply of prescribed medication, saving yourself the worry of possibly not getting what [...]
24 March 2023 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is planning About Health events for the next 12 months and would really like to know what interests you, so we can make sure that the events are relevant, and patient centred. It could be a condition like asthma or diabetes, a service like radiology or therapies, or something [...]
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and detecting it at the earliest stage makes you up to nine times more likely to be successfully treated. We are encouraging people, as part of the NHS ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, to complete the test if they have been sent an NHS bowel cancer screening kit. Figures [...]
This week, we are recognising those who work behind the scenes to ensure that our patients get the best possible, often life-saving care they need. It is National Healthcare Science Week and we are acknowledging the incredible work of our healthcare scientists who play a crucial role in patient care, diagnosis and treatment. We have more than 300 healthcare science [...]
This week the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is celebrating those who work behind the scenes and who are crucial to the NHS and patients in their care. National Healthcare Science Week runs from today, 13 March, to Sunday 19 March and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is recognising the outstanding work of its healthcare scientists. [...]
During National Careers Week (6-12 March) we have been shining the spotlight on our wide-ranging career opportunities to encourage local talent to join us and follow a rewarding pathway. The Trust is one of the county’s biggest employers with over 7,000 people and there are more than 350 different clinical and non-clinical careers to choose from within the NHS. National [...]
28 February 2023 Heart Failure Nurses (HFN) at one of the county’s acute hospitals have won a national award for their exceptional quality of care and treatment with a patient nominating them for the title. Sisters Sue Collinson, Linda Marsh and Ros Burrell from the HFN/Cardiac Rehabilitation Team at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), which is run by The Shrewsbury and [...]
Within our Trust, one of our priorities is developing our colleagues with the aim of providing the best possible care to our patients and it is rewarding when that work is recognised. Sisters Sue Collinson, Linda Marsh and Ros Burrell from the Heart Failure Nurses/Cardiac Rehabilitation Team at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) have won a national ‘You’re Simply Marvellous’ award [...]
27 February 2023 A local family has generously donated money to the Macmillan team at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), benefitting cancer patients and their families, in memory of their husband and father. In December 2015, Kev Price was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour and underwent an operation to remove the tumour, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Throughout his [...]
