30 April 2020 Amanda Lovett, 27 from Shrewsbury, has become the first woman to give birth at the new, purpose-built Wrekin Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The unit replaces its predecessor that was 30 years old. Amanda gave birth to a baby girl, who [...]
28 April 2020 A pair of teachers who ran a marathon around their six metre garden have helped raise thousands of pounds for the charity that supports staff at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Dan Pritchard and Liam Deery’s incredible feat was the highlight of a weekend of activity as fundraisers sought to fill the charity gap left by the postponement [...]
28 March 2020 Nicola Wenlock, Director of Midwifery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “In light of COVID-19 (coronavirus) impact on our staffing levels and so we can provide the safest care and experience for our expectant mums, we are taking a number of temporary measures and are centralising our teams. All women due to give [...]
Professor Alex Heazell, Professor of Obstetrics and Director of the Tommy's Research Centre 27 February 2020 Today many members of staff from our Trust have been at the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Saving Babies Lives Forward Planning event. The event, organised by the Local Maternity System (LMS), included talks from leading experts within the field of preventing perinatal [...]
12 February 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is ranked fourth in the NHS for its involvement in a scheme which encourages the recycling, reusing or rehoming of old equipment. SaTH uses a system called Warp-it to make it easy for staff to give surplus items that they no longer need to colleagues in the Trust. The [...]
10 February 2020 Louise Barnett today took up her role as Chief Executive for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Louise Barnett Louise has joined SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, from The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, having joined them as interim Chief Executive in October 2013, prior [...]
30 January 2020 New mums in Shropshire feel cared for during labour and birth and have their concerns taken seriously, a new survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found. The 2019 CQC Maternity Survey found that women cared for by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) had confidence and trust in the staff caring for them [...]
15 January 2020 The independent review into our maternity services was tonight the subject of an adjournment debate in Parliament. Below is a statement from our Chief Executive, Paula Clark: “In November, Donna Ockenden, the midwife leading the independent inquiry into our maternity services, made a public appeal for any families that had not had a chance to ask questions [...]
3 January 2020 2020 is the year SaTH team member Amanda Cheeseman will take her place on the start line of the 2020 London Marathon after successfully landing a place to raise money for the Trust’s charity. Amanda gained her place through a ballot for staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Amanda, who lives near Wem, [...]
30 December 2019 The building which will house a new state-of-the-art Midwife Led Unit (MLU) at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford has been lifted into place. The new MLU, which is being created next to the Consultant Led Unit, will also allow The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs PRH, to create additional beds to [...]
