The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking steps to improve care following the reporting of a number of ‘never events’. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has reported six never events since September 2015, following a period of more than three years without recording any. Never events are described as events that are preventable because [...]
With temperatures falling below zero, Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are beginning to see a rise in A&E attendances, and are asking people to think about where they will get the best medical attention for their condition. Year-on-year hospitals across the country are seeing an increase in the number of people attending Emergency Departments and the number of people who are [...]
Doctors at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals believe proposals to separate emergency and planned care will significantly reduce cancelled hospital operations. Mr Joe McCloud, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at SaTH The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) cancelled 775 planned hospital operations in theatres last year, with approximately half being because of a lack [...]
Fundraising for vital equipment to treat cancer patients from across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales is continuing, despite the appeal fund reaching its initial target four months early. The Lingen Davies Cancer Fund launched the ACTION appeal in January 2015 to raise £750,000 by the end of 2016 to help fund an additional Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for the [...]
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital League of Friends presents a night at the museum - Saturday 26th November 2016
A senior nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is preparing to pound the streets of the capital when he takes part in next year’s London Marathon in memory of his father – whose birthday would have been on race day. Phil Fewtrell, Quality Manager with the Senior Nursing Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS [...]
The following information is from our colleagues at Shropshire Council: With the cold weather now upon us health teams across Shropshire are urging residents across the county prepare for the cold months ahead and to keep warm and well this winter. The call comes following today’s launch of a national campaign led by NHS England and Public Health England, to [...]
Sarah Bloomfield - Director of Nursing and Quality The Director of Nursing and Quality at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) is to leave her post in April 2017. Sarah Bloomfield, who has worked at the Trust which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, said the decision had been a hard [...]
An improved service offering a full range of midwifery services is up and running in Ludlow. The majority of services at Ludlow’s Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) transferred to the Stretton Ward at Ludlow Community Hospital last month and today (Monday 7 November) the birthing unit also re-opened. Jo Banks, Care Group Director for the Women and Children’s Care group at The [...]
A 100-mile charity cycle ride has raised £455 for the Cardiac Rehab Unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From left, Staff Nurse Hannah Edwards, Sister Sue Collinson, George Palmer and Staff Nurse Tina Blundred. Former patient George Palmer completed the event – known as Cockney Croc’s Cardiac Cycle Challenge – over two days in May and this [...]
