25 October 2019 The Orthotics department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has moved to a new location, to improve care for patients. The Orthotics Team outside their new clinic The Orthotics clinics were previously held in the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic in the Outpatients department at RSH. However, they have now moved permanently to the Mytton Oak [...]
24 October 2019 Women choosing to give birth at the Wrekin Midwife Led Unit (MLU) in Telford will move into state-of-the-art new facilities located next to Consultant-led facilities in the New Year. A modular ward created for the NHS The move will also allow The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the MLU to create [...]
23 October 2019 A ward designed to shorten the length of stay for patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is set to open this winter. The 13-bed therapy-led ward, with an adjoining discharge lounge, will open in the Copthorne Building at RSH in the New Year and will help to free up acute beds over the winter months. The [...]
23 October 2019 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) A pop-up event aiming to listen to ‘What Matters to You’ about local health and social care services is being held in Ludlow on Thursday, 24 October, 2019. Representatives from Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be in the main reception area of Ludlow [...]
22 October 2019 A Nurse at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has ticked an item off her bucket list by taking part in a 10,000 feet skydive to raise money for the care of patients at the end of their lives. Debbie Snooke enjoying the veiws from 10,000ft And Debbie Snooke enjoyed the experience so much, [...]
21 October 2019 Experts from across the UK will gather in Telford this week for a conference which is being hosted by the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been chosen to host the annual meeting of the Midland Thoracic Society. The meeting brings together respiratory physicians, trainees and specialist nurses [...]
18 October 2019 Nearly 180 new nurses are to join SaTH to help improve the quality of care for patients. The 176 nurses have been recruited by the Trust to work across its hospitals - The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. They have been recruited from India and will start to arrive in [...]
17 October 2019 Louise Barnett has been appointed as the Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Louise will start at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford in February. Louise Barnett Louise is currently the Chief Executive at The Rotherham NHS [...]
16 October 2019 Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have been marking Fab Change Day – a national initiative to celebrate improvements being made within the NHS. Fab Change Day 2019 Led by the Trust’s End of Life Care team, coffee and cake mornings were held in the restaurants at both the Princess Royal [...]
15 October 2019 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is developing a new committee to improve experience for patients regardless of their background. SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, is looking for members of the public to join staff from the Trust on its new Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity sub-committee. Ruth [...]
