News – Page 16

Princess Royal Hospital welcomes Costa Coffee as first phase of development almost complete

3 November 2023 The first phase of a multi-million pound investment at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford is close to completion. The re-developed main entrance will transform the ‘front door’ of the hospital improving the experience for everyone. Patients, visitors and staff will soon be able to enjoy a brand-new Costa Coffee, with further retail offers including a convenience store [...]

Princess Royal Hospital welcomes Costa Coffee as first phase of development almost completeJemima Hughes2023-11-03T11:48:03+00:00

Community Diagnostic Centre is improving access to tests and scans

31 October 2023 Patients across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin are already seeing the benefits of a new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) which opened its doors earlier this month. A total of 2,230 blood tests and 1,045 scans were carried out at the CDC in the first four weeks. The new facility, located at Hollinswood House in Telford, means that [...]

Community Diagnostic Centre is improving access to tests and scansEmily Lovell2023-10-31T15:14:18+00:00

New one-to-one support service to provide best possible care for Trust patients

Friday 27 October 2023 Samantha Matthews, Clinical Lead Enhanced Care Team, with ECSWs Simone Hitchin and Jerry Rajeshwar A new one-to-one service has been introduced to provide the best possible support to help the recovery of patients with high level care and supervision needs at the Trust, which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Enhanced Care Team (ECT) [...]

New one-to-one support service to provide best possible care for Trust patientsLisa Bailey2023-10-27T12:25:51+01:00

A special thank you to hospital Breast Imaging team

23 October 2023 Julie Thomas and Deb Garbett, Breast Care Nurses A grateful patient has shown her appreciation to the Breast Imaging team at the county’s two acute hospitals by creating beautiful handmade capes. Sue Howarth, a patient who had undergone breast screening, visited the team at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to personally thank them and present them [...]

A special thank you to hospital Breast Imaging teamEmily Lovell2023-10-23T11:25:57+01:00

ED waiting times – an update

19 October 2023 A message from SaTH We are trialling a new tool on our website which shows the average total wait time in our A&Es from time of arrival to time of departure or admittance. This tool is a work in progress and is in the soft launch phase. We have temporarily taken it down today for further refinement [...]

ED waiting times – an updateClaire Dunn2023-10-20T12:11:36+01:00

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin residents urged to ‘Think Which Service’ this winter

18 October 2023 Health and care leaders are calling on residents across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to help stretched A&E and GP surgeries this winter by re-thinking which service they opt for when unwell. Launched today (Wednesday 18 October), the Think Which Service campaign urges local people to ‘Think Self-Care’ and to consider using services such as their local pharmacy, Minor Injury [...]

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin residents urged to ‘Think Which Service’ this winterJemima Hughes2023-10-18T16:31:07+01:00

Pathology lab at Princess Royal Hospital experiences flood

13 October The pathology lab at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford has experienced a flood and our teams are working hard to assess the damage and restore services. The source has now been identified and contained. Most work is being processed at PRH with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital pathology laboratory supporting. There may be a slight delay in results [...]

Pathology lab at Princess Royal Hospital experiences floodLisa Bailey2023-10-19T17:14:58+01:00

Celebrating our Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

13 October 2023 Saturday 14 October is National Allied Health Professions (AHPs) Day. It’s a chance for us to take a moment to celebrate our wonderful AHP colleagues and thank them for everything they do. As the third largest healthcare group at the Trust, our AHP colleagues are involved in so many vital aspects of care. There are many AHP [...]

Celebrating our Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)Emily Lovell2023-10-17T10:58:31+01:00

Hot meals for patients resume as temporary kitchen is built at hospital

Friday 6 October 2023 Hot meals have resumed for patients at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford after a temporary kitchen was built in just over a week. A huge amount of work was undertaken by teams at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to install the kitchen. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) [...]

Hot meals for patients resume as temporary kitchen is built at hospitalLisa Bailey2023-10-06T16:31:57+01:00

25 new CTG monitors introduced in maternity services, allowing for wireless fetal monitoring

The Trust that runs maternity services for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales has taken delivery of 25 new CTG (Cardiotocography) machines, 15 of which have the option of wireless monitoring, allowing women to be mobile during labour. The new CTG machines, which are used during pregnancy and labour to monitor the baby’s heartbeat, will be used in Delivery Suite, [...]

25 new CTG monitors introduced in maternity services, allowing for wireless fetal monitoringCharlotte Robertshaw2023-10-06T12:25:40+01:00