for construction work updates at RSH
4 October 2024 Please be aware that from Monday 7 October to Friday 25 October, we will be undertaking service and drainage diversions on the road leading up to the Copthorne Building. This means that for three weeks, the road will become single-lane and be managed by a traffic marshal from 8.30am-4.30pm, Monday-Friday. Services and departments in the Copthorne [...]
3 October 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust (SaTH) has launched an artwork competition for children and young people across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and mid Wales. The Trust is calling for young artists to submit their artwork for a chance to be featured on the construction hoarding at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and near the main [...]
20 September 2024 Please be aware that from Monday 30 September to Friday 1 November, we will be undertaking essential road works along Evolution Road, meaning that a section of the road will be closed to traffic. Please see the map below for the location of works. Patients and visitors accessing the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site from Monday 30 September [...]
20 September Work to improve hospital care for communities in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and mid Wales has taken another step forward, as The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) signs the design and build contract with Integrated Health Projects (IHP). The joint venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine will build a modern four storey building [...]
21 August 2024 A series of overnight works are starting on the road leading up to the Copthorne Building from the main hospital road. These works are within the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site and do not affect Mytton Oak Road, however we wanted to keep you informed. These works will widen the road outside the Copthorne Building and relocate [...]
5 August 2024 The first patients have been scanned by a new gamma camera, which will increase capacity for cancer scanning and reduce waiting times for patients, at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. It is housed in a new unit and patient Simon Burgess was one of the first patients to receive a scan on the day the unit opened. He [...]
17 July 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will close its Outpatient entrance at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Monday 29 July as part of construction works for the new hospital building. The closure will enable works to begin on the build of a new four storey hospital expansion. To maintain hospital operations, the entrance to [...]
21 May 2024 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) today shared a proposed construction management plan for the new hospital building at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) as part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP). The plan sets out proposals to manage traffic and public access on the site during the construction of the new building, which [...]
22 April 2024 The Trust, which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, is building a bunker for a new linear accelerator, improving the treatment of cancer patients. The linear accelerator (also known as a LINAC) will be a replacement for a current machine, which is soon to be decommissioned. It is a vital component in the treatment of cancer patients [...]
19 March 2024 An artist’s impression of how the new development at RSH would look Plans for a modular ward extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will support the recovery of patients who no longer need acute hospital care. There will be two wards within the planned development for patients who need further care to recover from illness [...]
