Congratulations to Ian Roth for completing the Ride London cycling event on 29 May. Ian, a SaTH employee who works in medical illustration, completed the London-Essex 100-mile event in under six hours and raised over £600 for SaTH Charity’s Ophthalmology campaign. The iconic 100-mile distance is the longest challenge ride in the RideLondon programme with participants setting off from Victoria [...]

A bench has installed in memory of Trevor Jasper, a former colleague. After Trevor Jasper passed away in 2021, his family donated money to SaTH Charity to purchase a wooden bench in his memory. Trevor had been a member of the Estates team at PRH for 17 years. The bench can be found in the Bonningale courtyard /Tranquillity Garden just [...]

Our Medical Retina Team has conquered Scafell Pike – their second expedition as part of the Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds. A group of 27, which also included 14 GPs, scaled Scafell Pike, which is a massive 978 metres above sea level, in the Lake District last Saturday (30 April). Consultant Ophthalmologist Devaki Nayak, who led the team along [...]

Nicky Brierley, Cardiology Nurse, has won the charity place to run in the London Marathon for SaTH Charity. We caught up with Nicky to find out a little bit more about her and why she is taking on this huge challenge. Nicky said: “I’m 53, married with two grown-up sons and I have worked in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) [...]

Donations of ‘Kindness snack boxes’ were delivered to staff at PRH with thanks to The Ironbridge Lions Club. This is the third dona-tion they have made since the start of the pandemic. As father-in-law to Matron Claire Marsh, John Marsh, a member of the Lions, knows first hand how busy a shift can be and how it can be difficult [...]

Prominent local artist Sue Campion presented one of our junior doctors with a print of her work and a letter of thanks after he diagnosed that she had had a heart attack. Sue attended A&E at RSH and Junior Doctor Ben Passmore-Webb was one of those to look after her. She feels that Ben may have saved her life as [...]

In March last year Steven Fisher sadly lost his battle with COVID-19. He spent a week in Ward 17 before being transferred to the ITU at PRH. Since Steve’s death, his family have been fund-raising for ITU, West Midlands Ambulance Ser-vice (WMAS) and local Long COVID clinics, set up to support patients still living with COVID-related after-effects. The family raised [...]

Rotarian Peter Love, AKA Father Christmas, boosted the Swan Fund when he shaved off his beard for three charities. Every year Peter grows a beard to take up the role of Santa and traditionally is sponsored to shave it off after his festive season is over. He is a member of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club which decided that the main [...]

Wilfred Cadelina, a Charge Nurse on Ward 35 at RSH, represented SaTH at a remembrance event to mark the second anniversary of when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The NHS Charities Together service at the National Memorial Arboretum reflected upon the incredible sacrifices of health and care staff as well as the impact of the pandemic for [...]

Instead of birthday presents, a generous young man called Chester, chose to raise money to buy dolls for Dementia patients at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The space-themed party took place at the end of January and raised over £150 for the Dementia Appeal. Lucy Davies, Chester’s Mum, said “After hearing about doll therapy for patients in hospital, [...]