14 August 2024 Intrepid octogenarians Angela Turner and Joan Woodhouse are going to be the first two participants to take on the challenge to abseil from the ward block at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to raise money for charity. Angela, 82, and Joan, 80, are raising funds for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity’s Chemotherapy Day [...]
13 August 2023 The winners of last year’s Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award said it was great to be recognised and encourage the public to nominate health heroes from the county’s acute hospitals as part of the Trust’s annual Celebratory Awards. Ward 22 Short Stay at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) were crowned the winners in the only category that patients, [...]
Is there a hospital hero who you think has gone that extra mile and who you would like to nominate for a Shropshire Star Public Recognition Award? If so, there is still time to put in a nomination as part of our annual Trust Celebratory Awards. The closing date for nominations is this Friday (16 August). In partnership with [...]
We are doing everything we can at our Trust to improve urgent and emergency care and other health and care services. Across our Trust, we have made a commitment to improve urgent and emergency care. We have launched a campaign internally, and with partners, helping everyone to understand their role in improving urgent and emergency care so that every patient [...]
9 August 2024 New Frailty Assessment Units have opened at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals to improve quality of care and patient experience. The units are part of the improvements being made by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust for patients needing urgent and emergency care. They have opened at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and [...]
5 August 2024 The first patients have been scanned by a new gamma camera, which will increase capacity for cancer scanning and reduce waiting times for patients, at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. It is housed in a new unit and patient Simon Burgess was one of the first patients to receive a scan on the day the unit opened. He [...]
As part of the ongoing construction works for the new hospital building, the phlebotomy (blood taking) service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will be relocating next month. The service will move from Elizabeth House at RSH to nearby William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XL, from Tuesday 27 August. At the new location, William Farr House, there will [...]
1 August 2024 Three charities have come together to raise funds to improve the experience and healthcare for local people through a unique charity abseil from the top of the ward block at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). You will experience the amazing views across Shropshire and into Wales, followed by the thrill of conquering an abseil off the five-storey [...]
30 July 2024 The phlebotomy (blood taking) service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is relocating next month. The blood test service is currently provided by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) at Elizabeth House at RSH. From Tuesday 27 August, the service will relocate to nearby William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XL. The move [...]
The Outpatient entrance at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will move from Monday (29 July) as part of construction works for the new hospital building. We would like to thank colleagues, patients and visitors for their support and understanding at this time and we would like to assure you that we will do all that we can to minimise disruption. The [...]
