Thursday 5 January 2017 The following is a message from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Health chiefs across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are asking people to consider using alternatives to accident and emergency units. There has been a large increase in demand locally, and health leaders are reminding people suffering from minor [...]
Ludlow Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily closed from 8pm tonight (Thursday 5 January 2017) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 6 January 2017). Midwives are still available on call for home births. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow MLU who go into labour during the temporary closure will be offered a home birth or birth on another MLU. If [...]
4 January 2017 A new café for people living with dementia has been set up by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Karen Breese The Precious Times café will operate at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford on the last Tuesday of every month, with the first session on 24 January from 2pm – 3.30pm. [...]
Our two hospitals are currently very busy and we are asking people to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time-consuming, is really necessary. There are a number of alternatives to A&E, which should only be used for very serious injury or illness. Sara Biffen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at The Shrewsbury and Telford [...]
Wednesday 4 January 2017 Organisers of an annual Shropshire hospital-to-hospital fundraiser today announced plans for their biggest event yet – amid hopes it could help them top the £100,000 mark for money raised for charity since it began. The Butterfly Effect will take place between the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 22 [...]
Members of staff from the Facilities Department at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have completed a new Supervisor Development Programme. Members of the Facilities Department are presented with certificates by Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance (left) The six-day programme, which took place one day a month over six months, was completed by 14 members of staff from teams [...]
A room for children inside the A&E Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been transformed into a colourful animal kingdom. Student and artist Victoria Jenkinson Student and artist Victoria Jenkinson has spent hours painting the walls of a side room set aside for the treatment of youngsters in order to improve their hospital experience. She said: [...]
The following message is from our colleagues at Shropshire Council Shropshire Council’s public health team are encouraging people to sign up for Dry January and start 2017 in a state of booze-free bliss. After the heady excess of the festive season, January is the best time to give your body a little break. And it’s super simple to do – just [...]
NHS Improvement has today confirmed the appointment of three new Non-Executive members of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Dr David Lee and Dr Chris Weiner have joined the SaTH Board as Non-Executive Directors. They are joined by Terry Mingay, who has joined as a Designate Non-Executive Director. Professor Peter Latchford, Chair of SaTH, said: “I am delighted [...]
End of Life Care Specialist Nurse Debbie Snooke Work to improve care for dying patients and their families at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been enhanced with two specialist nurses starting work this month. Debbie Snooke and Rachel Preece have been appointed as End of Life Care Specialist Nurses on a six month secondment after The Shrewsbury [...]
