NHS Future Fit press release 1 August 2017 Local health and social care partners met yesterday (31 July) to consider the next steps to transform hospital services for local patients in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Powys. The Future Fit programme board reviewed the additional assurance work that has been carried out to decide whether the time is right for [...]
25 July 2017 More than 300 people walked, ran or cycled to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Saturday as part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) annual Charity Fun Day. This year’s fundraiser – known as the Butterfly Effect – kicked off proceedings at 8am on Saturday 22 July and raised approximately £18,500 for 23 different [...]
21 July 2017 Senior leaders at Shropshire’s acute trust reaffirmed their support for Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) during a productive meeting with North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson today (21 July 2017). Last month the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) agreed to temporarily suspend services at MLUs in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry for between three and six [...]
19 July 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals are very busy and people are asked to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time consuming, is really necessary. The A&E Departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford have been very busy today (Wednesday 19 July 2017). People suffering from minor [...]
Wednesday 19 July 2017 Craig with the Jaguar Thunderbirds are go for a Shropshire hospital technician who has transformed a Jaguar into a vehicle from the classic television show to raise money for charity in an epic trip across five countries. Craig Cantwell, a mechanical and electrical technician at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, [...]
19 July 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking part in NHS England’s pioneering 100,000 Genomes Project. Helen Moore, Clinical Trials Manager at SaTH, takes bloods as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. The government-funded programme will sequence 100,000 genomes - all the information in our DNA – to help improve treatment of rare [...]
18 July 2017 Staff from Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have been selected to join Q – an initiative aiming to support continuous improvement in the quality of care for patients. Mark Cheetham (Scheduled Care Group Medical Director), Nick Holding (Senior Kaizen Promotion Office Specialist), Dr Sheena Khanduri (Clinical Lead for Cancer Services), Sam Hooper (Medical Performance Manager), Keith Roberts (Senior [...]
11 July 2017 Shropshire’s maternity service has been awarded almost £60,000 to deliver training to improve safety. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the service was awarded £59,882 from Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund. Nationally more than £8million has been distributed to 136 NHS Trusts, including all 134 acute Trusts with maternity units. [...]
6 July 2017 Hospital staff in Shropshire donned their pyjamas to highlight a campaign which is designed to help patients recover more quickly – by simply maintaining their daily routine. Staff on Ward 11 at PRH (including Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing Midwifery and Quality, far right) in their pyjamas to highlight #endPJparalysis Nurses, Health Care Assistants and [...]
5 July 2017 Mr Andy Elves, Consultant Urologist; Sheena Khanduri, Clinical Lead for Cancer Services and Richard Pope, Clinical Director for Dynamic Health Systems, who helped develop the app, with the award. An interactive App developed to help cancer patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has won a prestigious national Patient Safety Award. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital [...]
