Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

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)2023-10-17T10:58:31+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 hospital2023-10-06T16:31:57+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 monitoring2023-10-06T12:25:40+01:00

Community Diagnostic Centre opens delivering improved access to tests and scans

3 October 2023 A new Community Diagnostic Centre has opened its doors improving access to non-urgent scans and tests for patients across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. The new facility, which is located at Hollinswood House in Stafford Park 1, Telford, opened its first services yesterday, and welcomed its first patients. It means that patients who need non-urgent diagnostic tests [...]

Community Diagnostic Centre opens delivering improved access to tests and scans2023-10-03T15:03:32+01:00

Update on catering services at Princess Royal Hospital

Monday 2 October  We would like to reassure our patients, their families and carers that we are doing all that we can to resume our usual catering service at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in a kitchen area at the hospital and, as a precaution, we have closed the kitchen [...]

Update on catering services at Princess Royal Hospital2023-10-02T14:26:53+01:00

Further strike action will impact on local NHS services – community asked to continue to ‘think which service’

29 September 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin From Monday, 2 October at 7am both Junior Doctors and Consultants will be taking strike action, ending on 7am Thursday 5 October, so it is vital that the public continue to use services wisely. Dr Nick White, Chief Medical Officer for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, [...]

Further strike action will impact on local NHS services – community asked to continue to ‘think which service’2023-09-29T15:27:53+01:00

Information on catering services at Princess Royal Hospital

28 September 2023 We would like to inform our patients and their families and carers that we are temporarily unable to provide our usual catering service at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. We are continuing to prioritise patient meals throughout this time. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. This follows the identification of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete [...]

Information on catering services at Princess Royal Hospital2023-10-02T12:07:12+01:00

Trust celebrates first Research, Innovation and Improvement Week

28 September 2023 More than 600 patients have taken part in 177 research studies in the last 12 months at the Trust which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. This is being celebrated as part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) first Research, Innovation and Improvement Week (25-29 September). One of the research studies - TOP HAT [...]

Trust celebrates first Research, Innovation and Improvement Week2023-09-28T14:27:24+01:00

NHS booking opens for life-saving Covid vaccinations

20 September 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Almost a quarter of a million people in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin can book their life-saving autumn Covid vaccine online from today (18 September) as the NHS steps up its winter vaccination programmes early in response to the risk of the new Covid variant. Anyone [...]

NHS booking opens for life-saving Covid vaccinations2023-09-26T16:57:40+01:00

Industrial Action FAQs – September and October

18 September 2023 The NHS is working hard to keep patients safe during planned strikes while delivering the best care possible, and patients should continue to attend appointments as planned unless contacted to reschedule. The next planned industrial action is from 7am on Tuesday 19 September until 7am on Saturday 23 September 2023. FAQs What is happening? Trade unions representing [...]

Industrial Action FAQs – September and October2023-09-27T13:42:38+01:00