17 January 2022 A Women’s Health Project Group is asking: How can we make is easier for women in Shropshire and mid-Wales to get advice on their health? Figures show that women are not coming forward for screening and asking for help with the menopause so the group, which is made up of local NHS providers and patient representatives across [...]
14 December 2021 The covid vaccination booster programme in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) is set for a dramatic acceleration – with capacity to reach more than 10,000 jabs a day by the weekend. Local health and care leaders have set a goal of jabbing up to 160,000 people by New Year’s Eve – including offering a booster to the [...]
Inpatient cardiology services are to be temporarily centralised at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Currently there are 24 cardiology inpatient beds at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) but these will be relocated to the PRH in early 2022. The move will centralise the highly skilled Cardiology Nursing Team in one location, with our cardiology patients seeing an increased level of [...]
AAA Screening Clinical Skills Trainer Sharon Bell, AAA Screening Technician Jodie Joyner; Organising Secretary of League of Friends RSH Sue Hurdiss; AAA Screening Technician Rhian Baker and AAA Screening Programme Coordinator Jessica Smith A charity has presented the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust with funding for two portable ultrasound [...]
