20 June 2018 A bear created to raise money for Shropshire's two acute hospitals has gone on sale. Bevan the Bear has been created by Ironbridge-based Merrythought as part of our celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. He has been named after Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS. Bevan comes in a limited run of 1,948 bears [...]
19 June 2018 The following news is from our partners at NHS Future Fit The first two public exhibition events for the NHS Future Fit consultation took place on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 June in Telford and Shrewsbury – with around 300 people taking up the opportunity to find out more about the Future Fit proposals. The events – [...]
19 June 2018 Inpatient services - including births - at Bridgnorth, Oswestry and Ludlow Midwife Led Units (MLUs) are to remain temporarily suspended in order to safely staff the units where most of our mothers are giving birth, as a period of focused engagement with service users begins. The current suspension of births at the three MLUs will continue until [...]
15 June 2018 After being diagnosed with a disease which was attacking and damaging her kidneys, Becky Carroll-Lees felt like she wanted to die. Becky with her children Chloe and Liam Despite having a young family, the formerly fit and healthy 37-year-old felt like her life was over as dealing with her treatment took its toll both physically [...]
14 June 2018 They endured seasickness, hypothermia and fatigue and even swam in the dark - yet Shropshire nurse Melissa Compton and her relay team have completed their incredible swim across the English Channel. Melissa Compton, who works in ITU Melissa, who works in ITU at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), kicked off the 22-mile relay [...]
13 June 2018 Patients at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are treated with dignity and respect, a new report has found. The 2017 Adult Inpatient Survey, produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), also found that patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, had confidence and trust in the nurses treating them and [...]
11 June 2018 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has teamed up with one of the biggest names in traditional teddy bear manufacturing to create a special souvenir to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Governance at SaTH, and Sarah Holmes, Director at Merrythought, with Bevan Bevan the Bear is [...]
7 June 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is looking for two non-executive directors and an associate non-executive director. This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the future of SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. SaTH is recruiting two non-executive directors (NEDs) and an associate NED [...]
5 June 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has written to families who raised concerns and queries about their care in its maternity service, going back some 19 years. These concerns were raised following the announcement last year that the Secretary of State for Health had asked NHS Improvement (NHSI) to undertake an independent review. The independent [...]
1 June 2018 We have been made aware of a campaign leaflet which is being circulated by the group Shropshire Defend Our NHS, campaigning against the proposals set out in the NHS Future Fit consultation. These proposals recommend creating a single Emergency Centre at either the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) or the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, with the [...]
