Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts

Local health trusts’ research teams awarded for joint COVID work

16 December 2020 Research teams from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their collaborative work on a national Covid-19 study and West Midlands commercial COVID-19 Novavax vaccine trial. Mandy Carnahan The award [...]

Local health trusts’ research teams awarded for joint COVID work2020-12-17T09:42:22+00:00

Newly expanded Same Day Emergency Care centre operational this month

16 December 2020 A newly-built expanded Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which will help reduce hospital admissions and improve patient experience, will be operational later this month. The centre, next to the hospital’s A&E Department, will house a larger Acute Medical Same Day Emergency Care service running seven-days-a-week. Patients seen in the SDEC will [...]

Newly expanded Same Day Emergency Care centre operational this month2020-12-16T14:08:54+00:00

Make sure you are stocking up over Christmas and New Year

16 December 2020 The following message is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Make sure you are stocking up for all your health needs over the Christmas and New Year period, say health bosses at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). With the festivities fast approaching, check that you have [...]

Make sure you are stocking up over Christmas and New Year2020-12-16T11:34:23+00:00

Rollout of Covid-19 vaccination gets under way

12 December 2020 People across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have this week started to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the largest immunisation programme in UK history. Invitations to book an appointment are being sent to priority groups, with those aged 80 or older, care home workers, along with NHS workers who are at higher risk are among [...]

Rollout of Covid-19 vaccination gets under way2020-12-11T17:02:27+00:00

Trust receives £5.8m for maintenance projects

11 December 2020 Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been awarded £5.8 million, a share of £600 million given to NHS Trusts for maintenance backlog. The money is part of £1.5 billion capital funding announced by the Prime Minister in the summer to help the NHS build back better. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]

Trust receives £5.8m for maintenance projects2020-12-11T11:59:04+00:00

Trust response to Donna Ockenden’s first report following the Independent Review of Maternity Services

10 December 2020 Donna Ockenden has released her first report following the Independent Review of Maternity Services at SaTH. The full report and press release  can be found at www.donnaockenden.com Below is a written statement in response to this report: Louise Barnett, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: "I would like to thank Donna [...]

Trust response to Donna Ockenden’s first report following the Independent Review of Maternity Services2021-04-06T16:07:12+01:00

Project Wingman to take off at Shropshire’s acute hospitals

9 December 2020 Hospital staff on the front line of the NHS fight against coronavirus are being helped to unwind thanks to some first class support from airline crews. Project Wingman is coming to SaTH. Picture taken at another hospital. Healthcare workers and support staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are being treated to [...]

Project Wingman to take off at Shropshire’s acute hospitals2020-12-09T10:06:30+00:00

Scientists at the heart of Shropshire’s COVID-19 response

9 December 2020 They are at the very heart of Shropshire’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day they carefully decipher hundreds of tests extracting and detecting the relevant information to determine who is COVID-19 positive and who is negative. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Microbiology team at SaTH has provided the results for COVID-19 swabs taken from [...]

Scientists at the heart of Shropshire’s COVID-19 response2020-12-09T09:48:20+00:00

Audiology views sought

7 December 2020 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) A new audiology patient survey has been launched by NHS Shropshire and NHS Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to gather patients’ views on the current service and how it may be improved. The aim of the survey is [...]

Audiology views sought2020-12-07T19:34:40+00:00

Hospitals To Start Biggest Ever NHS Vaccination Programme This Week

6 December 2020 The NHS will begin vaccinating patients against coronavirus at dozens of hospital hubs from this week at the start of the biggest immunisation programme in history. People aged 80 and over as well as care home workers will be first to receive the jab, along with NHS workers who are at higher risk. NHS staff are working [...]

Hospitals To Start Biggest Ever NHS Vaccination Programme This Week2020-12-07T19:36:15+00:00