Paula’s Updates

Updates from our Interim Chief Nursing Officer

Welcome to weekly updates from our Interim Chief Nursing Officer Paula Gardner. They will help to keep patients, members of the public, colleagues and everyone else with an interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust informed.

We hope it helps you to understand more about the Trust, and how we work to provide the best possible care to our patients.

5 March 2025

March 5th, 2025|

Another wave of norovirus is circulating in our communities and we must do all we can to help prevent the spread. It is very important that we follow hygiene guidelines such as cleaning our [...]

26 February 2025

February 26th, 2025|

We recently welcomed the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to the Emergency Department (ED) at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Regional representatives said that they were impressed with our colleagues for their kindness and passion [...]

19 February 2025

February 19th, 2025|

Encouraging our patients to stay as active as possible can help them reduce the time it takes them to recover from illness or injury. It is known that if patients are inactive and stay in [...]

12 February 2025

February 12th, 2025|

It is National Apprentice Week and here at the Trust we are celebrating and raising awareness about the wide variety of apprenticeship opportunities across the NHS. We have seen a rise in the number [...]

5 February 2025

February 5th, 2025|

5 February 2025  So many of my colleagues are inspirational and this week I would like to put the spotlight on one of our volunteers Terry Seston who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and [...]

30 January 2025

January 29th, 2025|

I would like to introduce myself – I’m Paula Gardner and I am so proud to be at the Trust as Interim Chief Nursing Officer. I look forward to sharing the latest news from [...]