7 November 2019 A generous donation has been made to the Oncology and Haematology Ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in memory of a patient. Cheryl Cranswick spent much time on Ward 23 RSH during her illness and her family requested that funeral donations be made in her name to help future patients receiving treatment there. Cheryl’s husband, Ed [...]
11 September 2019 A Nurse representing the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to take part in a tandem skydive to raise money for the care of patients at the end of their lives. Debbie Snooke, an End of Life Care Specialist Nurse at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
9 September 2019 Four therapy colleagues from The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital are hoping to become World Coracle Champions this week, as they take to the water in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Competing with the team name ‘Thera-peas’, Shona Underwood, a Macmillan Physiotherapist; Laura Lewis, an Occupational Therapist; Jemma Pearson, a Frailty Specialist Physiotherapist and Anita Evans, a Neurology Specialist [...]
3 September 2019 A charity DJ night has raised hundreds of pounds for the Neonatal Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford as a thank you for the care given to a baby boy. Rich Austin and Gemma Jones, with Neo, present a cheque to Sister Fiona O’Connor Rich Austin and Gemma Jones, from Broseley, Telford, [...]
22 August 2019 Bernadette Roberts A new waiting area for patients being treated for cancer has been officially opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) – and has been named after a former patient who helped create it. The Bernadette Roberts Waiting Room was opened on the O’Connor Haematology Unit by members of Bernadette’s family. Bernadette, from Shifnal, [...]
25 July 2019 A young superhero from Shropshire has been chosen to partner two Paralympic gold medallists at the 2019 Superhero series – the UK’s only disability sports series for the everyday superhero – and is fundraising on behalf of two Shropshire hospital trusts. Tom McIntyre, 7 from Bourton, near Much Wenlock, will be taking part in the Superhero Tri [...]
8 July 2019 A Charity Fun Day hosted by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has been hailed a great success. From left, Karen Breese, Dementia Nurse Specialist; Andrew James from SaTH Charity; Josh Laurent from Shrewsbury Town and Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance Hundreds of people gathered at the Shropshire Conference Centre in the grounds [...]
5 July 2019 Pupils at a school in Shrewsbury have donated more than £3,700 to a fund set up to benefit patients at the end of life at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Priory School presented a cheque for £3,732.32 to SaTH's Swan Fund this week. The Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals, intends to use [...]
3 July 2019 Shrewsbury Town footballer Josh Laurent will officially kick off SaTH's charity 5k Fun Run and Fun Day on Saturday. The STFC first team regular will start off around 150 fun runners at 9.30am at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). All the money raised from the run is being donated to SaTH’s Living Well with Dementia Appeal. There [...]
21 June 2019 There is still time to enter a charity fun run which is being held by the trust which runs Shropshire's two acute hospitals to raise money for its Living Well With Dementia Fund. The fun run will take place at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 6 July, starting at 9.30am. It will be followed by The [...]
