News – Page 28

Improving Care for Everyone – Delivering Excellent Planned Care Throughout the Year

A key element of plans to upgrade acute hospital services across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales involves the transformation of our Telford site to specialise in the delivery of planned care. The dedicated planned care site will provide benefits for all residents, including: Operations and procedures will be able to take place all year round utilising dedicated theatres [...]

Improving Care for Everyone – Delivering Excellent Planned Care Throughout the YearJemima Hughes2022-11-18T10:26:46+00:00

Transformation of Hospital Services Will Improve Care for Everyone

10 November 2022 Exciting plans to upgrade acute hospital services will see the population of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales benefit from better quality care and fewer delays for treatment, a leading clinician has said. Dr Ed Rysdale, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, said the planned improvements will bring together specialist teams [...]

Transformation of Hospital Services Will Improve Care for EveryoneJemima Hughes2022-11-10T13:03:40+00:00

Call for feedback to shape health pregnancy services in Shropshire

Our Maternity Services team and the Maternity Voices Partnership Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are inviting former and current service users to complete a survey to provide feedback on their experiences of care and healthy pregnancy services. The teams would like to hear from service users who have had diabetes in pregnancy, a BMI of over 30, or have smoked [...]

Call for feedback to shape health pregnancy services in ShropshireCharlotte Robertshaw2022-11-08T11:01:51+00:00

Trust is awarded grant to support young volunteers

4 November 2022 There will be more volunteering opportunities for young people at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals thanks to a recent funding boost. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been awarded a grant worth over £86,000 from the new Volunteering Futures Fund - part of NHS Charities Together, and the Department for Digital, [...]

Trust is awarded grant to support young volunteersEmily Lovell2022-11-04T15:17:02+00:00

£24m boost to improve planned care facilities for local population

3 November 2022 A new £24million planned care hub is being purpose-built which will improve services and reduce the time that patients from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales are waiting for their operations. The new hub will provide more theatres and recovery beds dedicated to day case surgery, substantially increasing the number of same day operations that can [...]

£24m boost to improve planned care facilities for local populationEmily Lovell2022-11-03T15:02:10+00:00

Public event to shape outpatient services

A message from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System: Have you recently attended an outpatient service (a short appointment not requiring an overnight stay) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin? If you have, we would like to invite you to an online event to share your experience and views and help us improve services. The event will take place over MS [...]

Public event to shape outpatient servicesEmily Lovell2022-10-31T16:16:17+00:00

Temporary main access at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

On Monday 31 October, there will be building works taking place at the existing main entrance canopy, Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. The works are due to take 2-3 weeks and during this time temporary access arrangements will be in place. Temporary access to visitors, 24 hours per day, will be via the conservatory to the left of the main entrance. [...]

Temporary main access at the Princess Royal Hospital, TelfordEmily Lovell2022-10-28T17:03:19+01:00

Statement in response to the Scolding Report

13 October 2022 Dr Catriona McMahon, Chair of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “I would like to apologise again to Ms. Davies and Mr. Stanton for their loss and the way in which the Trust dealt with their concerns. We also wish to extend our apologies to other families who have been more widely impacted by the findings of [...]

Statement in response to the Scolding ReportEmily Lovell2022-10-13T14:36:38+01:00

Gathering of Remembrance event resumes following COVID-19 pause

This Sunday, 9 October, we will be holding a gathering of remembrance event for families who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. The event, which is held every six months, is the first to be resumed following a pause due to COVID-19. It provides the opportunity for families to gather and commemorate the lives of their [...]

Gathering of Remembrance event resumes following COVID-19 pauseEmily Lovell2022-10-06T15:47:29+01:00

Nominate your hospital heroes

26 September 2022 Members of the public are being asked to nominate their hospital heroes as the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals gets set for its Annual Celebratory Awards. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, will hold its virtual staff awards on [...]

Nominate your hospital heroesEmily Lovell2022-10-05T16:07:36+01:00