11 July 2019 A ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been closed following a number of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting. Ward 23 has been closed after norovirus has been confirmed; and visiting restrictions to the ward are in place. Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer at SaTH, which runs RSH and the Princess Royal in Telford, said: “Unfortunately, [...]
11 July 2019 A family has praised a quick-thinking porter at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford who performed emergency CPR on their seven-week-old son when he unexpectedly stopped breathing. Sarah and Mike Clifford, of Telford, said if it hadn’t been for the actions of Chargehand Porter, Nick Evans, their baby son Logan wouldn’t be here today. [...]
10 July 2019 An app is being launched at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to transform the way the organisation communicates and engages with its staff. My SaTH is being officially launched on Monday (15 July) as way of the Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, widening [...]
8 July 2019 A Charity Fun Day hosted by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has been hailed a great success. From left, Karen Breese, Dementia Nurse Specialist; Andrew James from SaTH Charity; Josh Laurent from Shrewsbury Town and Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance Hundreds of people gathered at the Shropshire Conference Centre in the grounds [...]
5 July 2019 Pupils at a school in Shrewsbury have donated more than £3,700 to a fund set up to benefit patients at the end of life at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Priory School presented a cheque for £3,732.32 to SaTH's Swan Fund this week. The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals, intends to use [...]
3 July 2019 Shrewsbury Town footballer Josh Laurent will officially kick off SaTH's charity 5k Fun Run and Fun Day on Saturday. The STFC first team regular will start off around 150 fun runners at 9.30am at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). All the money raised from the run is being donated to SaTH’s Living Well with Dementia Appeal. There [...]
2 July 2019 The Board of Directors at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has reaffirmed its commitment to the reconfiguration of the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. Chair Ben Reid At a meeting of the Board last week, members said it was vital plans moved forward as quickly as possible. Ben Reid, Trust Chair, [...]
1 July 2019 Interim Chief Executive Paula Clark today took up her post at the trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Paula Clark starts at the Trust today Paula is the former Chief Executive at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM). She joined UHNM in October 2016, having previously been Chief Executive of the Dudley [...]
28 June 2019 A specialist nurse from SaTH was thanked by the Prime Minister at a reception in Downing Street for her work helping people living with diabetes. Erica Richardson, Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse, was invited to meet Theresa May at Number 10, along with other NHS staff, diabetes charity workers and innovators looking at prevention, care and researching a [...]
27 June 2019 The hospital trusts working in partnership with the USA’s ‘Hospital of the Decade’ came together to share the improvements they have made through ‘lean’ working. Louise Brennan (Senior KPO Specialist at SaTH) and Mr Tony Fox (Vascular Surgeon and KPO Medical Advisor). The NHS partnership with Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) was launched in 2015 and [...]
