14 October 2019 Together with Santander, the Shropshire Prostate Cancer Support Group (SPCSG) has funded a new ultrasound bladder scanner, doubling the number of patients who can be screened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The new bladder scanning equipment allows staff looking after those going through treatment to safely and effectively measure bladder consistency without invasive testing. Dennis Briggs, chairman [...]
10 October 2019 The Delivery Suite at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been awarded Diamond status as part of the organisation’s Exemplar improvement programme. The Delivery Suite becomes the fourth department at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), to [...]
4 October 2019 Staff who have their annual flu jab at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will receive a coffee shop voucher as a thank you. Emma Salvoni, front, with Karla Jennings-Preece and Natalie Hall showing off our Flu DJ T-shirts The Trust wants to encourage as many staff as possible to have their jab [...]
3 October 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has welcomed a decision to move forward with plans to transform hospital services for the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has accepted advice from an independent panel of experts that the reconfiguration of the Princess [...]
2 October 2019 A couple have raised more than £1,200 for the Neonatal Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) as a thank you for the ‘amazing care’ given to their eight-month-old son. Morty Hill spent nearly ten weeks in the unit, based in the Shropshire Women & Children’s Centre at PRH in Telford, after he was born 10 weeks [...]
1 October 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is supporting Freedom to Speak Up Month - a national campaign to increase awareness of how staff can raise concerns at work. Among the initiatives being implemented throughout October at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and The Princess Royal [...]
26 September 2019 Standardised patient information boards have been created and are being rolled out across Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The introduction of standardised patient information boards will improve safety and communication at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, by providing clear and easy patient [...]
20 September 2019 A foundation set up in memory of a much-loved husband and father will raise money to help patients undergoing treatment for Leukaemia at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The Blue Sky Foundation was set up in memory of Steve Newman, from Shrewsbury, who sadly died in November 2017 at the age of 50 after being diagnosed with [...]
19 September 2019 The Procurement team at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been ranked 5th out of 133 acute Trusts across the country, new figures reveal. The Procurement League Table ranks NHS Trusts for their efficiency in buying goods and services, so this result means the team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), [...]
18 September 2019 Areas of good practice at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have been highlighted by a national NHS clinical improvement programme. The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme looks to improve NHS care by reducing unwarranted variation in the way services are delivered. As part of SaTH’s improvement journey, GIRFT is working with the [...]
