11 January 2022 An Academy to train Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is to be launched next week. SaTH and partner organisations within the county’s health and care system have teamed up with Telford College to launch the six-month pilot programme for HCSWs employed within the system. It starts on January [...]
17 December Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury, Hodnet and Church Stretton Fire Stations are now offering NHS walk-in vaccination clinics to all those who are eligible for jabs. Anyone aged 12 or over can walk-in for their first, second, third or booster COVID-19 vaccination at the Fire Station vaccination clinics held across the week until the end of January, from 10am to 4pm: [...]
1 December 2021 Everyone has heard of Christmas Jumper Day, but have you heard of Christmas Sock Day? The majority of our staff wear uniforms, scrubs, and lots of PPE which is designed to keep patients safe so they cannot wear a Christmas jumper – however, everyone can join in with a colourful pair of socks or tights! The Shrewsbury [...]
23 November 2021 The Trust which runs the county’s two acute hospitals is looking for new team members to help keep its patients safe with the launch of a recruitment drive for 20 Cleanliness Technicians. Cleaning colleagues are a key part of the frontline workforce at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH) and are instrumental in ensuring that [...]
18 November 2021 The Care and Quality Commission (CQC) has reported progress across key areas and services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), while the Trust remains rated as ‘inadequate’ overall. Following an inspection in July and August, two of the five domains previously rated as ‘inadequate’ are now rated as ‘requires improvement’. At a more detailed [...]
4 November 2021 UPDATE (13.56) This incident has now been safely resolved and the Emergency Department and all other services at PRH have now been re-opened. A statement from Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer “This morning a patient presented at the Emergency Department (ED) of the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) having been exposed off-site at his local workplace to potentially [...]
29 October 2021 Statement from Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust “We are acutely aware of the ongoing impacts the lengthy delays in ambulance handover times are having for some of our patients and would like to apologise to those affected. Both within our hospitals, and alongside the wider local health and care [...]
An update from our colleagues at Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 5 October 2021 Routine blood tests for patients in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have resumed as the shortage of blood test tubes has eased. Work is now taking place to clear the backlog of non-urgent blood tests which were paused on NHS England (NHSE) guidance. [...]
Issued on behalf of NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 13 September 2021 Patients in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are being reminded that only urgent clinical blood tests are going ahead because of a global shortage of blood bottles. Patients should not turn up for blood test appointments if they have been cancelled. NHS England (NHSE) [...]
10 September 2021 Update on elective surgery In line with the pressures being experienced nationally across the NHS, our hospitals are continuing to see very high levels of demands for patients needing urgent care, as well as rising numbers of COVID-19 patients needing inpatient care. “To manage this demand and ensure that these patients receive the urgent treatment they need, [...]
