Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
5 May 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has launched an improvement fortnight to improve patient journeys through its hospitals and ensure people are discharged as soon as they are medically fit to leave. During the weeks either side of the Bank Holiday, the Trust will focus on working differently, testing new ideas to keep patient flow [...]
5 May 2020 Health bosses at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are urging people to contact their GP if they are worried about any potential cancer symptoms. The NHS is still here to help and the coronavirus outbreak should not prevent people from contacting their GP practice to discuss concerns about any health condition - especially [...]
4 May 2020 A Shrewsbury mum has organised a three-day online festival to raise money for Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Annie Hambley Annie Hambley has put together the Rainbows and Happy Days Festival, which will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Money raised will go to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity, to support staff [...]
4 May 2020 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) ‘Help is available this May bank holiday’, say GPs in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. NHS 111 will be available to contact, and practices will be open across the county during normal opening times on Friday, 8 May - although [...]
2 May 2020 A farm vet with a passion for music is using his talent to raise funds for those on the frontline fight against coronavirus. John Hemingway Despite hardly having sat in front of a microphone since he graduated from university four-years-ago, John Hemingway is using his ‘not going out time’ to perform a song-a-day for 26 [...]
1 May 2020 A musician has written a Coronavirus-inspired song called ‘Stay at Home’ with all the proceeds going to the charity that supports Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Paul Bailey has released a song called Stay at Home in aid of SaTH Charity Paul Bailey has performed the length and breadth of the UK for the past 30 [...]
1 May 2020 Dr Arne Rose The Medical Director of Shropshire’s acute hospitals has joined sporting stars such as Gary Lineker, Monty Panesar, Chris Kamara, Wes Morgan and Andy Robertson to call for racism to be given the red card in the NHS. Dr Arne Rose, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which [...]
1 May 2020 The importance of hand-washing during the coronavirus pandemic is being highlighted by health bosses as part of World Hand Hygiene Day (Tuesday, 5 May), which is a global initiative to bring people together to improve hand hygiene around the world. Regular and effective hand hygiene is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself [...]
30 April 2020 Amanda Lovett, 27 from Shrewsbury, has become the first woman to give birth at the new, purpose-built Wrekin Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The unit replaces its predecessor that was 30 years old. Amanda gave birth to a baby girl, who [...]
29 April 2020 A Student Nurse is shaving his hair off to raise funds for the charity that supports Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Harry George, 22, of Shrewsbury, is shaving his hair off for SaTH Charity. Harry George, of Shrewsbury, is a second year nurse at Staffordshire University and has so far raised more than £300 ahead of [...]
