07 November 2025 A hospital divisional director has been recognised with the Inspiration Award at the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s annual Saving Lives Charity Ball. Lisa Challinor was seriously injured in March 2024 when she was struck by a car travelling at speed on the wrong side of the road. The incident resulted in an above-knee amputation and significant [...]

04 November 2025 A hospital Trust has won the HTN Award for Best Use of Digital and Data for its work with the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) - a new national system designed to improve how data is shared and used across health services. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was one of the first Trusts [...]

16 October 2025 An Estates Operations Manager whose innovative ideas have transformed waste management across a hospital Trust has been crowned Waste Champion of the Year. Mark Leighton took gold at the Excellence in Waste Management Awards for the Waste Champion of the Year category at The Royal Armouries in Leeds. He is Estate Operations Manager – Waste & [...]

13 October 2025 A new digital endoscopy reporting system, Medilogik, has successfully launched to enhance patient safety, streamline clinical workflows and improve the quality of care for patients. Medilogik replaces The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) previous system with a modern digital platform that enables clinicians to document procedures in real time, standardise reporting and access patient [...]

09 October 2025 A Trust midwife who has led a range of initiatives to improve maternity care for communities has won the B.A.M.E Midwife of the Year award.  The award was a category in the 2025 B.A.M.E. Health & Care Awards and recognises midwives from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who demonstrate leadership, compassion, and advocacy in [...]

03 October 2025 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is celebrating being named as finalist in two categories at the HTN Health Tech Awards 2025. The awards recognise digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers making a difference across health care. SaTH has been shortlisted for its improvements in managing and using data. This has included working [...]

23 September 2025 More specialties have now gone live with the Patient Engagement Portal (PEP), provided by DrDoctor, with patients already seeing the benefits of this new system. Following the successful pilot in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) earlier this year, the portal is now available for digital [...]

23 September 2025 The two Boards of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust have agreed to establish a Group between the organisations. Under the proposals the Trusts would remain as separate statutory organisations, whilst seeking to appoint a shared leadership across both organisations to oversee strategy and service delivery. This follows the [...]

22 August 2025 Hospital staff are being recognised nationally for their work to improve the care and experience of armed services and veterans locally. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has successfully been shortlisted for the prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) awards in November for the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Award. Led by a group of staff, [...]

13 August 2025 Silence was golden for a patient who has completed a sponsored silence during a full week of dialysis sessions. The patient, Thomas Pettitt, known for his friendly and talkative nature, undertook the challenge during four consecutive dialysis sessions, each lasting four hours at the Renal Unit at Hollinswood House in Telford. He raised £295 for the [...]