23 September 2019 A team at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has come up with a simple solution to improve the care of patients who need medical treatment during the night. Abi Scriven with the new labels The Hospital at Night Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has developed highly-visual alert labels [...]
6 September 2019 Patients with cancer have rated their treatment at Shropshire’s acute hospitals as ‘very good’, highlighting the dignity and respect they received. In the 2018 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, patients gave their treatment at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) an average rating of almost nine out of 10. The Trust, which runs the Royal [...]
26 August 2019 The finalists in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) annual awards – which celebrate the fantastic achievements of staff and volunteers - have been revealed. The Heart Assessment Team at PRH with their invitation to the VIP Awards A record number of nearly 800 submissions were received for dedicated teams and individuals who [...]
23 August 2019 Families who attend a church in Telford have kindly collected and donated a range of gifts to be distributed to mums and their newborn babies. The gift-wrapped donations, which included baby baths, baby clothes, nappies and toiletries, were delivered to midwives at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford this week to be given to new mums [...]
21 August 2019 Patients who may be at risk of having a stroke are being offered the opportunity to have a same day MRI scan. The trial service is to be offered to patients who have shown symptoms of a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) and who are attending the rapid access TIA clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. [...]
20 August 2019 A couple have praised staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for their treatment and care after their baby was born by emergency Caesarean following a car crash which happened while they were on their way to hospital – leaving them both with badly broken ankles. Mike and Ginny in hospital with Amber [...]
16 August 2019 A group of staff at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has overhauled an NHS Screening Timeline for their patients, and now the resource has been rolled out nationally by Public Health England. Managers for six screening programmes at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the [...]
13 August 2019 A £150,000 investment is being made in new IT infrastructure which will help improve care for radiotherapy patients at SaTH. The investment will mean that clinicians will be able to remotely access patient scans and treatment plans from any location within the Trust. New computers, up-to-date software and server hardware are currently being installed in the Radiotherapy [...]
8 August 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has welcomed more than 150 new junior doctors. The junior doctors have come to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, to continue their training and will work across a wide range of specialties, including: [...]
2 August 2019 Improvements have been made in the Emergency Departments (EDs) at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in April. The CQC today published reports into its ‘focussed inspection’ of the EDs at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, which took place on 15 and 16 April [...]
