7 April 2017 “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And while people are happy to moan about having to hand over a large chunk of their hard-earned cash to the tax man, we are still very reticent to talk about death or dying. But a group of individuals from across Shropshire are [...]
4 April 2017 More than £700 has been donated to an appeal which is benefiting patients with dementia at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance; Karen Breese, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Dementia; and Shane Ryder, CP Plus Hospital Site Manager in the Reminiscence Room at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital CP Plus, which manages car parking [...]
4 April 2017 A charity appeal to buy a specialist radiotherapy couch to treat cancer patients has reached its £166,000 target in just seven months. ON TARGET: Pictured from left: Louise Dawson (Lingen Davies Fundraising Manager), Aurona Kenny (Lingen Davies Trustee), Naomi Atkin (Lingen Davies Executive Officer), Louise Killey (Radiotherapy Services Manager), Sally Hodson (Operations Manager) and Jane Trudgill [...]
3 April 2017 Telford & Wrekin Council’s leader and the Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) met today to discuss proposals around the future of A&E services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Councillor Shaun Davies and Simon Wright discussed a number of topics related to services at PRH during the 90-minute meeting. The meeting followed [...]
29 March 2017 At a Board Meeting of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) tomorrow (Thursday 30 March 2017), the Board will consider a proposal that states that unless the Trust can recruit more A&E Consultants or Locum Doctors within 6 months it will have to temporarily suspend services at the Emergency Department (A&E) at the Princess Royal [...]
28 March 2017 A meeting of the Board of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will take place on Thursday 30 March 2017. The Board meeting will be held at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. A meeting in public will be held from 1pm and will be preceded at 12.30pm by an "open session" [...]
27 March 2017 Neurology Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will be temporarily unavailable to new referrals from Tuesday (28 March 2017). The service has experienced some difficulties in managing the demand of referrals. SaTH currently has two Consultant Neurologists supported by one Locum. The national average is one Neurologist per 80,000 people, which would equate [...]
24 March 2017 Simon Wright, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, looks at the Trust’s work in improving Maternity Services How does the NHS help families when the most tragic of events happens…a baby dies? Simon Wright Honesty, compassion, kindness, support, humanity and learning must surely all feature strongly in any response. Our maternity [...]
22 March 2017 Proposals are being put forward to make Shropshire’s two acute hospitals smoking-free areas by the end of the year. The move is part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) mission to help the people it serves become the healthiest half million on the planet. Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of ill health [...]
20 March 2017 Helen and Patrick Snodgrass with Stanley and Heidi. A couple from North Shropshire who were told they couldn’t have children have written a poem to thank staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for making their dreams come true. Helen and Patrick Snodgrass, of Peplow, near Hodnet, say their lives were forever changed for the better [...]
