News – Page 24

Update: Generator issues within Women and Children’s Unit, Princess Royal Hospital

18 June 2023 Our teams are working hard to restore services and we are doing everything we can to secure the specialist parts needed for the generator, with suppliers closed over the weekend. As a precaution, we remain temporarily closed to admissions for maternity, neonates and children’s services. We would encourage women and families that need urgent maternity advice to [...]

Update: Generator issues within Women and Children’s Unit, Princess Royal HospitalEmily Lovell2023-06-18T15:02:38+01:00

Generator issues within Women and Children’s Unit, Princess Royal Hospital

Please be aware that an area of the Women and Children’s Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford is experiencing issues with a generator. As a precaution, the Trust is currently closed to admissions from maternity, neonates and children and support is being provided from neighbouring hospitals. Contingency plans are in place to minimise any disruption and ensure [...]

Generator issues within Women and Children’s Unit, Princess Royal HospitalEmily Lovell2023-06-20T16:41:27+01:00

Statement from Shropshire Council: Increase in hospitalisations of CYP related to ketamine use

16 June 2023 Families and professionals who work with young people are being asked to start supportive conversations with young people following a rapid increase in those admitted to hospital after using class B drug, ketamine. The recent surge coincides with a spell of hot weather and the end of exam season for many young people, with gatherings and celebrations [...]

Statement from Shropshire Council: Increase in hospitalisations of CYP related to ketamine useEmily Lovell2023-06-16T14:01:00+01:00

NHS gears up to boost diagnostic testing

16 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Work on Shropshire’s first Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is close to completion, ready to open for patients later this year. The new facility, located in Telford, will boost diagnostic capacity across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and provide quicker and more convenient access to important tests for conditions [...]

NHS gears up to boost diagnostic testingClaire Dunn2023-06-16T13:56:34+01:00

Junior doctors’ industrial action – information and advice

13 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin information and advice about Junior Doctors’ 72-hour industrial action: 14-17 June The next planned industrial action is from the junior doctors with strike action planned for 72 hours between 7am on Wednesday 14 June until 7am on Saturday 17 June. This is [...]

Junior doctors’ industrial action – information and adviceClaire Dunn2023-06-13T11:13:30+01:00

Beat the heat and stay safe

9 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin With an amber weather alert announced and temperatures set to become ‘very warm’ to ‘hot’ between Saturday and Monday across the Midlands, we’re urging everyone across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to beat the heat and stay safe this weekend. Hot weather can increase the risk of [...]

Beat the heat and stay safeClaire Dunn2023-06-09T13:28:49+01:00

Dietitians’ Week: Kate’s Story

5 June 2023 Our dietitians play a valuable role not only offering advice to patients but working with colleagues to ensure the best outcome. Dietitians' Week runs from 5-9 June and to celebrate, we're sharing the amazing story of one of our student dietitians, Kate Southan. "Rewind five years ago and I was in a marketing job that I wasn’t enjoying. [...]

Dietitians’ Week: Kate’s StoryEmily Lovell2023-06-05T14:53:43+01:00

Trust recognises volunteers who ‘celebrate and inspire’

1 June 2023 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK during Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June). With this year’s theme of ‘Celebrate and Inspire’ SaTH hopes to encourage people to get involved in volunteering in whatever way works for them. The contribution of volunteers [...]

Trust recognises volunteers who ‘celebrate and inspire’Lisa Bailey2023-07-05T16:33:25+01:00

Multi-faith chaplaincy team is making a difference in acute hospitals

24 May 2023 The Chaplaincy Team at the county’s two acute hospitals are busier than ever, offering vital support to patients, visitors, volunteers and staff. The team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, has recently grown to nine to include chaplains from different faith backgrounds. [...]

Multi-faith chaplaincy team is making a difference in acute hospitalsEmily Lovell2023-05-24T10:02:44+01:00

Pilot project to airlift Trust stroke patients to specialist hospital

15 May 2023 A pilot project to airlift patients to a stroke centre for time-critical treatment has been launched at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Since February, five patients have been airlifted from PRH by Midlands Air Ambulance Charity to the hyper acute stroke centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital for a thrombectomy. An air ambulance near [...]

Pilot project to airlift Trust stroke patients to specialist hospitalLisa Bailey2023-05-15T15:44:16+01:00