19 May 2017 A conference held in Shropshire to look at ways to improve care for people living with dementia has proved a huge success. Karen Breese (left) and George Rook (right) with Chris Roberts and Jayne Goodrick Around 200 people attended the conference – Changing Dementia Care –at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
19 May 2017 Eye appointments provided in the Outpatients Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) are moving location. Paediatric (children’s) ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are currently provided in Clinic 10 at RSH, will temporarily move to the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford from 30 May 2017. Adult ophthalmology outpatient appointments, which are also currently provided in Clinic 10 [...]
16 May 2017 The following information is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Malling Health Wrekin practice and Walk-in Service will be temporarily CLOSED, this Thursday (18 May 2017) from 1.30pm and re-open again at 8am on Friday, 19 May 2017. Temporary closure to the Telford practice and walk-in service located at Princess Royal Hospital, is [...]
11 May 2017 A new room which will provide privacy and dignity for patients at the end of their life has been opened by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals to mark Dying Matters Week. Carol Bagnall, Matron on Ward 27, and Bernie Moore, whose wife, Trish, was cared for by the Trust, open the Swan Room. [...]
9 May 2017 Three swift boxes have been installed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to provide a nesting site for the birds. Local firm Sudlows helped The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to install the swift boxes at RSH in April 2017. The swift boxes at RSH The boxes, which have been installed on the [...]
8 May 2017 Patients are advised to allow extra time for their journey to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Wednesday (10 May) due to roadworks outside the hospital site. Shropshire Council is carrying out the work to replace three underground columns that feed power to the streetlights. Three-way traffic lights will be in operation between 9am – 4pm on Mytton Oak Road [...]
25 April 2017 This weekend - Friday 28 April to Monday 1 May - is early May Bank Holiday weekend, so here are some top tips to help make sure you and your families stay well. Plan ahead: Check your daily medication to make sure have enough to last over the bank holiday weekend. Running out of daily medication could [...]
25 April 2017 Shropshire’s See and Hear Exhibition will again be hosting a fantastic range of events and activities for people with sight and hearing loss on Wednesday 10 May 2017. The annual event, which celebrates its 10th successful year, will be hosted at Shrewsbury Sports Village on Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, between 10am and 4pm. The event is free and open [...]
13 April 2017 You may be aware of media interest in our Maternity service following some tragic deaths of babies in which failings in care have been identified. Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has issued the following statement: “The death of a baby is the most tragic event imaginable and we again apologise unreservedly [...]
12 April 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) NHS Shropshire CCG has made further progress to ensure local NHS services deliver improved outcomes for patients. The CCG launched reviews of some of the services it commissions in February to ensure that everybody in Shropshire has access to healthcare that is safe, high-quality [...]
