24 February 2022 Please see our full statement following last night’s BBC Panorama programme: “As a Trust we take full responsibility for the failings in the standards of care within our Maternity services. These occurred in the care we provided for women and families, the way in which we dealt with the incidents subsequently, and in the manner in which [...]
7 February When three apprentices started on a pioneering programme within the Medical Engineering Services department (MES) at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) little did they know within a few months they would have a key role to play as the pandemic struck. Rhys Arnold, Carnell McKenzie and Kurran Singh Rai are the first apprentices in MES [...]
As a Trust we always strive to provide the best possible care for our patients and we endeavour to improve the services we provide by listening to our colleagues, patients and their carers. As mentioned last week, a key part to improving the care that we offer is that we do this in a way that reflects the direct experience [...]
COVID-19 restrictions, which were introduced because of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant over the Christmas period, are now being lifted in certain settings, but we should all still do what we can to protect our families, friends, and the wider community. Throughout the pandemic we have asked those visiting hospital settings to wear face coverings and abide by [...]
Even during these difficult times we are always looking to see how we can improve our care for those we serve and we will often look to you all to help us with this work. One such proposal is to move the renal dialysis services which are currently being provided at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford, to a £4.5 [...]
Press release from NHS Blood and Transplant shared 24 January 2022 Donating blood or organs are the most important things you can do to make a difference to someone else’s life, according to new research which ranks altruistic acts. A survey of 2,189 adults in England placed blood and organ donation top in a poll of ways that people felt [...]
20 January 2022 People in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being urged to grab a jab this week with at least 16 walk-in sites available across the county. The NHS is launching a week of walk-ins which means that many people are now closer than ever to a walk-in vaccination site and getting protected from the dangers of the Covid-19 variant, Omicron and Long Covid. [...]
Speciality Patient Experience Groups are being established to drive patient experience initiatives at a local level. The groups will work with services across the speciality to improve patient experience in the area, including: – How the service responds and learns from feedback – Identifying trends to inform work and help improve services – Represent the patient voice, providing insight from [...]
13 January 2022 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Neonatal Unit has achieved the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Stage One accreditation. The Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) is a global programme first launched in 1994, and extended to neonatal units in 2012, by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation to support breastfeeding and parent-infant relationships by improving standards of care. [...]
13 January 2022 In light of new national guidance and the rise in COVID-19 cases, we’ve had to make a few changes to our visiting arrangements. At the start of the pandemic, we made the very difficult decision to suspend visiting at our hospitals to protect our patients and keep people safe from COVID-19. This unfortunately must remain the case [...]
