Families kindly donate baby gifts to delivery suite at PRH

23 August 2019 Families who attend a church in Telford have kindly collected and donated a range of gifts to be distributed to mums and their newborn babies. The gift-wrapped donations, which included baby baths, baby clothes, nappies and toiletries, were delivered to midwives at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford this week to be given to new mums [...]

Families kindly donate baby gifts to delivery suite at PRH2019-08-23T14:40:48+01:00

Waiting area for cancer patients opens in memory of former patient who helped create it

22 August 2019 Bernadette Roberts A new waiting area for patients being treated for cancer has been officially opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) – and has been named after a former patient who helped create it. The Bernadette Roberts Waiting Room was opened on the O’Connor Haematology Unit by members of Bernadette’s family. Bernadette, from Shifnal, [...]

Waiting area for cancer patients opens in memory of former patient who helped create it2019-08-22T11:17:40+01:00

Same day MRI scans to help reduce risk of stroke

21 August 2019 Patients who may be at risk of having a stroke are being offered the opportunity to have a same day MRI scan. The trial service is to be offered to patients who have shown symptoms of a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) and who are attending the rapid access TIA clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. [...]

Same day MRI scans to help reduce risk of stroke2019-08-21T12:50:36+01:00

Family thanks after baby is born following crash on the way to hospital

20 August 2019 A couple have praised staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for their treatment and care after their baby was born by emergency Caesarean following a car crash which happened while they were on their way to hospital – leaving them both with badly broken ankles. Mike and Ginny in hospital with Amber [...]

Family thanks after baby is born following crash on the way to hospital2019-08-20T13:06:17+01:00

SaTH Screening Timeline goes national

16 August 2019 A group of staff at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has overhauled an NHS Screening Timeline for their patients, and now the resource has been rolled out nationally by Public Health England. Managers for six screening programmes at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the [...]

SaTH Screening Timeline goes national2019-08-16T11:07:22+01:00

London calling for Amanda

15 August 2019 A new member of staff at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals will be taking her place at the start line of the 2020 London Marathon after successfully landing a place to raise money for the Trust’s charity. Amanda Cheeseman (right) gained her place through a ballot for staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS [...]

London calling for Amanda2019-08-22T12:46:11+01:00

SaTH welcomes 150 new Junior Doctors

8 August 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has welcomed more than 150 new junior doctors. The junior doctors have come to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, to continue their training and will work across a wide range of specialties, including: [...]

SaTH welcomes 150 new Junior Doctors2019-08-08T15:25:28+01:00

SaTH celebrates Cycle to Work Day

 7 August 2019 Staff at the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are getting on their bikes to celebrate ‘Cycle to Work Day’ on 8 August. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, supports staff who commute by bike, and many have taken [...]

SaTH celebrates Cycle to Work Day2019-08-07T15:57:34+01:00

Improvements made in Emergency Departments following CQC inspection

2 August 2019 Improvements have been made in the Emergency Departments (EDs) at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in April. The CQC today published reports into its ‘focussed inspection’ of the EDs at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, which took place on 15 and 16 April [...]

Improvements made in Emergency Departments following CQC inspection2019-08-01T16:55:57+01:00

Off-duty Trainee Nursing Associate saves man’s life after car crash near her home

30 July 2019 A Trainee Nursing Associate at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) has been praised for saving a man’s life after she came across a car crash near her home in Telford. Jade Myatt outside AMU Jade Myatt, who works on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), was driving from her uncle’s home in Stirchley to her own [...]

Off-duty Trainee Nursing Associate saves man’s life after car crash near her home2019-08-13T16:25:00+01:00