April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Useful Links Bowel Cancer Facts Bowel Cancer Screening Bowel Cancer Symptoms Screening for Bowel Cancer can save lives but at the moment in some areas of the UK only a third of those who receive a test complete it, meaning thousands of people are missing out [...]
We have today issued a special edition of our Putting Patients First Newsletter. This edition focuses on our Sustainable Services Programme and provides a greater level of detail around the preferred option. Whilst NHS Future Fit is currently on hold, work is still ongoing to develop The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Sustainable Services Programme, which feeds into this. The [...]
Chief Executive Simon Wright has issued a special video message where he looks back on a busy 2016 and wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Eye services in three sub-specialties will be temporarily unavailable to new referrals from 1 January 2017. The Ophthalmology Service at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has experienced some difficulties in managing the demand of referrals. Following discussions between SaTH and the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across both Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, a decision has been made [...]
The following is a statement from Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, following Monday night’s Joint Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) meeting about NHS Future Fit. You can read a CCG statement about that meeting here: https://www.sath.nhs.uk/news/work-needed-allow-nhs-future-fit-move-forward/ Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “Our area's acute emergency service [...]
For more detailed information, including a programme, please view the Conference flyer.
Please click the links below for pharmacy opening times over Christmas and New Year. Telford and Wrekin pharmacy opening times Shropshire pharmacy opening times
Shropshire’s acute hospitals will next week showcase an innovative App that helps cancer patients manage the side effects of chemotherapy. The App, which can be downloaded onto mobile phones, computer tablets and desktop computers to help patients understand and monitor the expected side effect of chemotherapy treatment, has been developed by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs [...]
A hospital ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was transformed into a wedding venue on December 1 after health issues prompted a couple to tie the knot. David Donaldson proposed to his partner of 16 years, Lorraine Davis, on Tuesday 29 November and 48 hours later they were proclaimed husband and wife. As soon as the news of the proposal [...]
A new vision for the future of health and care services across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is formally unveiled for the first time today. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin sets out how the health and care system can remain fit for the future, help patients to become healthier and respond effectively to [...]
