18 April 2018 Wards across Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are being encouraged to ‘end PJ paralysis’ by getting as many patients as possible dressed and moving. Launched yesterday (17 April), NHS England’s #EndPJparalysis challenge aims to improve recovery, shorten hospital stays and boost the morale of patients and staff by encouraging patients to get up and dressed every day, where [...]
18 April 2018 A phlebotomy service provided at Princess House in Shrewsbury town centre is to move to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From 1 May, GP patients who have previously used Princess House in The Square will be asked to attend Elizabeth House based at the RSH, which already provides walk-in phlebotomy clinics. The service at Princess House will close [...]
13 April 2018 Patients, visitors and staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will have the chance to win a fantastic food hamper while supporting end of life care. Jules Lewis and Nick Parkin with the hamper The hamper has been donated by the Catering team and will be raffled off to support the Swan Fund at The [...]
12 April 2018 Weekly pay is now being offered to people who join Shropshire’s two acute hospitals pool of bank staff. The change at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was introduced on 1 April 2018 in response to feedback from employees. Bank staff, which included nurses, healthcare assistants, porters, domestics and medical records staff, means patients are [...]
12 April 2018 Bubble football, a Nerf gun arena, Army medics, music and food, including a barbeque provided by Rapid Relief Team – these are just some of the attractions that will greet visitors to a special charity fun day which will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS. The event, which will also feature a 5km charity fun run, [...]
6 April 2018 Services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 7.30pm tomorrow (Saturday 7 April) until 8am on Sunday 8 April. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU or the Consultant-led unit at the Princess Royal Hospital [...]
6 April 2018 Hospital bosses are delighted after receiving a congratulatory letter from NHS Improvement. The Executive Director of Nursing has congratulated staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for its “excellent contribution” toward reducing E. coli bloodstream infections. SaTH, which runs Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has reduced infections by more than [...]
5 April 2018 Let’s talk poop and how laboratory assistants at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are improving the accuracy of C. diff test results. Alan Jackson holds a sample You might want to go ‘ewww’ and wonder what kind of people talk about this stuff in polite company, but a team of white coats from the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
4 April 2018 Shropshire patients have been taking part in exercise classes to music from the 40s and 50s as part of a drive to get them up, dressed in their own clothes and moving to boost their recovery. Jane Smith (right) and Liz Davies with Physiotherapist Erin Tsang Patients on Ward 16 at the Princess Royal Hospital [...]
3 April 2018 A Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) has opened at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer The unit has been opened to help ease pressure on the Emergency Department and reduce unnecessary admissions. Patients will be able to use the CDU to await test results, wait for an investigation to be [...]
