The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are asking people to vote at their local Tesco store for a project to build an outdoor gym that will benefit the local community. The Tesco Bags of Help scheme is a grant that is available to support local projects that improve green spaces in communities across England, Wales and Scotland. The [...]
"The following information is from our partners at NHS Future Fit" Welshpool and Newtown are playing host to pop-up stands where people can find out more about the NHS Future Fit programme. They will also be able to see a newly prepared short animation which explains the programme. It has already been viewed over 8,000 times on Facebook alone.The pop-ups [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has acted quickly to provide alternative solutions for women wanting to give birth in Ludlow. Less than a week after it was confirmed that SaTH temporarily suspended services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) due to concerns about the structural condition of the building, the Trust has arranged for services to be transferred [...]
Sepsis patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are receiving life-saving medication faster than ever before. Using Virginia Mason Institute methodology, staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have proved it is possible to give patient all elements of the ‘Sepsis 6’ bundle in less than an hour. Evidence shows that completion of the ‘Sepsis 6’ bundle within [...]
Patients being treated for Sepsis have seen huge improvements in their care at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals – thanks to the introduction of techniques used by ‘the USA’s Hospital of the Decade’. Staff Nurse Viola Jones The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been working to improve care for patients who suffer Sepsis and has been [...]
4 July 2016 A leaflet has been created to ensure patients on Ward 9 at The Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford are informed of their discharge date within 15 minutes of arrival. The patient information leaflet was created during The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) second Rapid Process Improvement Week (RPIW) for the Respiratory Value Stream after [...]
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has improved the way patients presenting with Sepsis are screened, as another milestone in their exciting five-year partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) in Seattle is reached. There were a number of big successes and positive outcomes as a team from SaTH completed a Rapid Process Improvement Week (RPIW) for the [...]
Staff Nurse Viola Jones Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are taking the lead in the fight against a condition which claims more lives every year than breast cancer, bowel cancer and colon cancer combined.There are around 150,000 cases of Sepsis in the UK every year with, sadly, 44,000 people dying. Sepsis arises when the body’s response to an infection [...]
Simon Wright Chief Executive I was privileged to witness, and to be part of, the very first Rapid Process Improvement Workshop (RPIW) report out held within our Trust. A RPIW is a five-day workshop which focuses on a particular process in which our staff who do the work are empowered to eliminate waste, improve the patient experience, improve [...]
I am the very proud sponsor of the first Rapid Process Improvement Week (RPIW), which took place as part of our exciting partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle. The week used the methodology we have learnt from Virginia Mason to look at ways to improve Respiratory Discharge which is our first Value Stream as part of the partnership. [...]
