23 May 2018 The following information is from our partners at Teenage Cancer Trust Teenage Cancer Trust, the charity dedicated to ensuring no young person faces cancer alone, in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has funded a new Teenage and Young Adult clinical specialist nurse to support young people with cancer aged 13 to 24, [...]
22 May 2018 A new allergen-free menu has been introduced at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. It will ensure that patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), who have food allergies and intolerances, know which foods they can eat safely. All of the dishes on the new allergen aware menu are ‘free from’ the 14 [...]
10 May 2018 A team of nurses will be donning their walking boots – and their pyjamas - to climb the Wrekin this June. Highlighting the #EndPJParalysis campaign The nurses have pledged to complete the challenge on June 23, to raise awareness of NHS England’s #EndPJparalysis campaign to encourage patients to get out of their pyjamas – and [...]
9 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is putting in place extra capacity for women in Shropshire, aged between 70 and 79, to have catch-up breast screening sessions after an NHS IT problem. The catch-up sessions are for women who have been identified as not receiving their invitation from the NHS breast screening programme, due to the [...]
01 May 2018 SaTH has appointed a new substantive A&E consultant for the first time in four years. It is the fifth consultant recruitment in 10 days, with two also being appointed in Ear, Nose and Throat and a further two in Bariatric. Simon Wright, Chief Executive of SaTH, says the appointments are a clear indication that the certainty over [...]
27 March 2018 Visitors and staff at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford can expect a blooming lovely welcome over the new few weeks. Luke Hickman with the crocus he helped to plant Ten thousand crocus bulbs planted by schoolchildren last year have sprung up, creating beautiful swathes of purple either side of the footpaths from the car park [...]
21 March 2018 The Trust has introduced blue crockery to the wards of its two acute hospitals to help patients living with dementia. Blue crockery to help patients living with dementia The blue plates and bowls are now available on all wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Many people [...]
9 March 2018 They don’t just work in labs – and their unique contribution to patient care is helping to transform lives and drive innovation. The role of NHS healthcare scientists, who work in a variety of positions to support patients at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), is to be celebrated during Healthcare Science Week; part of [...]
26 February 2018 Knitting, busking and baking cakes - the family of a 14-month-old boy have been busy fundraising for the Children’s Ward at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital as a thank you for the care that he has received. Lisa Gilks receives the donation from the Evans family Three generations of the Evans family, from Market Drayton, helped [...]
21 February 2018 The Postnatal Ward, within Women & Children’s services, has become the first ward in the Trust to be crowned with a ‘diamond’. Outstanding care, safety and kindness, leadership, cleanliness, exceeding targets and many other achievements, mean that the staff on the ward are the first to win the coveted Exemplar Ward Diamond status – the highest possible. [...]
