8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and here at SaTH we are celebrating the achievements of all women within our organisation. Here, we put the spotlight on two colleagues – Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Officer, and Jenni Rowlands, Acting Deputy Medical Director. Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Manager “As an NHS organisation we are required by law to [...]
7 March 2022 This week is National Careers Week, and to mark it we're sharing colleague profiles from various teams across the Trust throughout the week!... Danielle Fullwood, Pharmacist What was your first job/role in the NHS? I actually started by volunteering on the wards within the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH) when I was younger before university. [...]
4 February 2022 Today (Friday 4 March) marks the second Overseas NHS Workers Day. Here at SaTH we are proud to support this initiative launched by The Doctors’ Association UK, in recognition of the extraordinary contribution of our international staff, on which the NHS relies. It is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our [...]
Here at the Trust we like to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our colleagues and this Friday (4 March) we will be celebrating the contribution of our international staff for Overseas Workers Day. It is an opportunity to recognise our internationally trained doctors, nurses and the other countless professions within the NHS. Here at SaTH I am proud to [...]
28 February 2022 For those interested to learn more about a career in health and social care, colleagues from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) are hosting a dedicated Careers Fair to ignite passion and inspire budding health and social care professionals. The ICS Health and Social Care Careers Fair takes place on Thursday 3 March 2022, [...]
24 February 2022 Please see our full statement following last night’s BBC Panorama programme: “As a Trust we take full responsibility for the failings in the standards of care within our Maternity services. These occurred in the care we provided for women and families, the way in which we dealt with the incidents subsequently, and in the manner in which [...]
In my last column, we shared the positive news of a recent Maternity Survey which showed that progress had been made within our maternity services at both hospitals. I am further delighted to report this week that we have recently welcomed our new Director of Midwifery Annemarie Lawrence and Divisional Director of Nursing Julie Plant to the Trust. Bringing with [...]
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At the Trust, we are constantly striving to improve the care that we provide and I was pleased that a recently published Maternity Survey has shown the progress that is being made in maternity services. The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2021 Maternity Survey – which was run at 122 Trusts right across England – is based directly on the experience [...]
10 February 2022 Response to Care Quality Commission 2021 Maternity Survey: Louise Barnett, Chief Executive, said: “The Maternity Survey highlights the hard work and dedication that has been shown by our teams through some incredibly difficult times. Given that it directly reflects the experiences of those we care for, I’m very pleased to see we are performing strongly in several [...]
