27 June 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will celebrate the achievements of staff and volunteers at a very special awards ceremony which will also mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Members of the VIP Awards organising team Charlotte Banks, Laura Westcott and Kate Adney at RAF Cosford The annual Values In Practice (VIP) awards held by The [...]
25 June 2018 Award winning Shropshire business Flower & White has kindly donated hundreds of sweet treats to Shropshire’s two acute hospitals for their Charity Fun Day, which will mark 70 years of the NHS. The Telford-based bakers has thrown its support behind the charity event, which is being held at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
21 June 2018 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups From Tuesday 17 July people across Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire who need urgent out-of-hours medical help or advice will need to call 111. In Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, the NHS 111 service will replace the current out-of-hours telephone access [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
12 June 2018 The NHS is turning 70 next month and what better way to celebrate one of the nation’s most loved institutions than with a slice of cake and a cup of tea? But this was more than just a regular brew as on Thursday and Friday 7 and 8 June, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust [...]
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 [...]
