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Choose the Right Service to Be Treated Quicker and Ease Pressure on Local Health and Care Services

Friday 3 January 2025 The NHS in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has been experiencing a high demand for services over recent weeks and has declared a critical incident today. Health leaders are now urging people to think about which service is right for their health needs this winter. By making informed choices, people can be treated quicker and help [...]

Choose the Right Service to Be Treated Quicker and Ease Pressure on Local Health and Care Services2025-01-03T16:34:26+00:00

Reducing visiting in our hospitals

Friday 3 January 2025 Please be aware that from today (Friday 3 January 2025) we are reducing visiting in our hospitals. This is due to the rising numbers of flu, COVID and other winter illnesses and will help protect our patients and colleagues. There are some exceptions to this, which can be seen below. Visiting is permitted: When a [...]

Reducing visiting in our hospitals2025-01-03T17:21:52+00:00

Renal dialysis unit marks its one-year anniversary

23 December 2024 Members of the renal unit with patient Peter Downes, his wife and John Watts with members of the renal unit Renal dialysis services marked its first anniversary at its purpose-built location in Telford with the unveiling of a tree of remembrance. The state-of-the-art facility in Hollinswood House, Stafford Park, Telford, provides care for lower [...]

Renal dialysis unit marks its one-year anniversary2024-12-23T08:36:36+00:00

A new way of assessing children’s risk of sepsis rolled out at Trust hospitals

13 September 2024 Children's Nurse Esme Griffiths with a patient undergoing assessment A new electronic sepsis risk assessment for children being treated in hospital has been launched at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). The launch of the digital sepsis assessment for children and young people follows the successful roll-out of the Paediatric Vitals system [...]

A new way of assessing children’s risk of sepsis rolled out at Trust hospitals2024-09-13T08:56:19+01:00

More roadshows announced as part of Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP)

7 August 2024 A previous HTP Roadshow The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has announced more roadshow dates as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). Work has started on the build of a new four-storey expansion at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as part of the programme, which will see £312 million investment in local services [...]

More roadshows announced as part of Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP)2024-08-07T16:24:11+01:00

Patients help to review thousands of hospital letters to improve accessibility

22 July 2024 Patients have been at the heart of a review of thousands of hospital appointment letters to ensure the information is clear and simple. Louise Stevens, Trust Librarian (left) and Sarah Collier, Patient Experience Facilitator (right) Patient representatives were part of a team that reviewed and standardised all inpatient and outpatient letters at The Shrewsbury [...]

Patients help to review thousands of hospital letters to improve accessibility2024-07-22T14:53:30+01:00

WATCH: Emotional moment a Shrewsbury woman, 65, is clapped off hospital ward after beating coronavirus

6 May 2020 A Shrewsbury woman who tested positive for coronavirus was applauded by the NHS staff who saved her life at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Sally Perrin, 65, who spent four weeks in intensive care – 26 days of which she was in a coma - fighting coronavirus and a further three weeks recovering [...]

WATCH: Emotional moment a Shrewsbury woman, 65, is clapped off hospital ward after beating coronavirus2020-05-06T07:44:12+01:00

Trust Staff Attend Local Maternity System Event

Professor Alex Heazell, Professor of Obstetrics and Director of the Tommy's Research Centre 27 February 2020 Today many members of staff from our Trust have been at the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Saving Babies Lives Forward Planning event.  The event, organised by the Local Maternity System (LMS), included talks from leading experts within the field of preventing perinatal [...]

Trust Staff Attend Local Maternity System Event2020-02-28T11:46:10+00:00

OUT NOW: Improving Together newsletter (February 2020)

17 February 2020 The latest edition of Improving Together - our monthly staff newsletter that demonstrates the steps we are taking to improve against the five CQC domains - has been issued. In this edition, you can read about; Additional bed space Our new Chief Exec The extension to the Hamar Centre Our latest recruitment news The newsletter is [...]

OUT NOW: Improving Together newsletter (February 2020)2020-02-17T11:36:48+00:00

OUT NOW: Improving Together newsletter (December 2019)

19 December 2019 The latest edition of Improving Together - our monthly staff newsletter that demonstrates the steps we are taking to improve against the five CQC domains - has been issued. In this edition, you can read about; Improvements in Maternity and ED The introduction of groundbreaking 3D Software  Celebration of learning within the Trust The newsletter is [...]

OUT NOW: Improving Together newsletter (December 2019)2019-12-19T09:55:42+00:00