06 February 2025 A new electronic way of tracking patients through their journey in the surgical assessment unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been successfully launched. The senior nursing team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, has worked in collaboration with the Trust’s digital team to create a [...]
I would like to introduce myself – I’m Paula Gardner and I am so proud to be at the Trust as Interim Chief Nursing Officer. I look forward to sharing the latest news from our hospitals with you. This is my fifth Chief Nursing post, I have worked in NHS hospital trusts for over 40 years, including most recently [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
