3 February 2021 The legacy of Captain Sir Tom Moore lives on at Shropshire’s acute hospitals thanks to his incredible fundraising efforts. Captain Sir Tom Moore ‘Captain Tom’, as he was affectionately known, died yesterday after contracting coronavirus. The 100-year-old won a place in the nation’s hearts after raising almost £33 million for NHS charities by walking laps [...]
27 January 2021 Two runners who struck up a friendship after each recovering from a cardiac arrest have made donations to the Cardiology Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to thank them for the treatment they received. Martyn Bidgood Peter Corr said the staff at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at the Princess Royal [...]
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 [...]
23 November 2020 SaTH has teamed up with a waste and resource management firm to look for ideas from budding designers for the renovation of a courtyard at the Princess Royal Hospital. Julia Clark, Director of Corporate Services at SATH, and Tony Munro, Marketing Director at Reconomy, in the area at PRH that will be renovated As part [...]
8 October 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has secured additional imaging equipment to increase the number of patients that can be scanned as it continues to restore services following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. SaTH, which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford (PRH), is also looking at ways [...]
25 September 2020 The first patient in Shropshire’s acute hospitals, who has tested positive for coronavirus, has been treated with plasma as part of a nationwide trial aimed at identifying effective treatments for the disease. The treatment involves the administration of ‘convalescent plasma’ which is taken from the blood of people who have had COVID-19 (coronavirus) and which may contain [...]
22 September 2020 Designated teams of Midwives will care for women at all stages throughout their pregnancy, birth and beyond in a scheme being piloted at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Continuity of Carer is a key recommendation of NHS England's Better Births report and aims to make maternity care more personalised, informed and safe. The new way of working means that [...]
7 September 2020 Debbie Snooke during her previous skydive A Nurse at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has signed up for her second skydive, after enjoying the first one so much! Debbie Snooke will be raising money for SaTH Charity’s end of life care Swan Fund when she takes part in the tandem skydive on 26 [...]
4 September 2020 An innovative scheme at Shropshire’s acute hospitals, which is designed to transform the lives of people living with cancer, has been shortlisted for a national award. Jessica Greenwood The Living With and Beyond Cancer Programme, which was developed by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, has been [...]
28 August 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has appointed Hayley Flavell as Director of Nursing, replacing Maggie Bayley, Interim Chief Nurse. Hayley Flavell, new Director of Nursing Hayley is currently Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), with significant experience in senior nursing leadership roles, with a current focus on quality, [...]
