Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
15 March 2022 Following a review with our clinical teams and system partners, the critical incident has now been stood down. Due to the hard work and close cooperation of all involved, all services have been resumed as normal. Thank you for your patience.
15 March 2022 Today (15 March) marks the first ever National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Day. Jessica Greenwood, Lead Cancer Nurse at SaTH and Strategic Lead for Cancer – Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin CCG, said: “We are really proud to be taking part in the first ever National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day. The National Cancer Workforce Plan (2017) [...]
We are pleased to announce that our Tongue Tie Assessment Clinic is running again following the service being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The specialist clinic takes place weekly at the Children’s Outpatient Department at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. Previously, the service supported babies up to 28 days old but we are pleased to now be able [...]
8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and here at SaTH we are celebrating the achievements of all women within our organisation. Here, we put the spotlight on two colleagues – Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Officer, and Jenni Rowlands, Acting Deputy Medical Director. Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Manager “As an NHS organisation we are required by law to [...]
7 March 2022 This week is National Careers Week, and to mark it we're sharing colleague profiles from various teams across the Trust throughout the week!... Danielle Fullwood, Pharmacist What was your first job/role in the NHS? I actually started by volunteering on the wards within the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH) when I was younger before university. [...]
4 February 2022 Today (Friday 4 March) marks the second Overseas NHS Workers Day. Here at SaTH we are proud to support this initiative launched by The Doctors’ Association UK, in recognition of the extraordinary contribution of our international staff, on which the NHS relies. It is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our [...]
28 February 2022 For those interested to learn more about a career in health and social care, colleagues from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) are hosting a dedicated Careers Fair to ignite passion and inspire budding health and social care professionals. The ICS Health and Social Care Careers Fair takes place on Thursday 3 March 2022, [...]
24 February 2022 Please see our full statement following last night’s BBC Panorama programme: “As a Trust we take full responsibility for the failings in the standards of care within our Maternity services. These occurred in the care we provided for women and families, the way in which we dealt with the incidents subsequently, and in the manner in which [...]
Following a review with our clinical teams, the critical incident has been stood down. All services have been resumed as normal. Thank you for your patience.
More than 2,000 women have filled out a survey on women’s health but health bosses are urging more to take part and help shape services in the future. The survey is the first of its kind in the county and mid-Wales and there is still time to have your say with the survey closing on Friday 11 March. A Women’s [...]
