Continuing to improve maternity services in Shropshire

24 March 2017 Simon Wright, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, looks at the Trust’s work in improving Maternity Services  How does the NHS help families when the most tragic of events happens…a baby dies? Simon Wright Honesty, compassion, kindness, support, humanity and learning must surely all feature strongly in any response. Our maternity [...]

Continuing to improve maternity services in Shropshire2017-04-27T08:54:12+01:00

Trust announces plans to go smoke-free

22 March 2017 Proposals are being put forward to make Shropshire’s two acute hospitals smoking-free areas by the end of the year. The move is part of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) mission to help the people it serves become the healthiest half million on the planet. Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of ill health [...]

Trust announces plans to go smoke-free2017-03-22T12:47:14+00:00

Second dementia-friendly café to open at SaTH

20 March 2017 A second café for people living with dementia is to open at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. The Golden Moments café will open at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Tuesday 4 April. It follows the successful launch of the Precious Times café at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, which is held [...]

Second dementia-friendly café to open at SaTH2017-03-20T09:34:05+00:00

New Director of Nursing and Quality appointed

8 March 2017  A new Director of Nursing and Quality has been appointed at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals.    Deirdre Fowler Deirdre Fowler has been appointed to the role at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital, in Telford. Deirdre, who is currently Director [...]

New Director of Nursing and Quality appointed2017-03-08T15:50:58+00:00

Decision to close Malling Health Wrekin finalised

8 February 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group’s primary care committee has approved the decision not to renew the contract of Malling Health Wrekin, and will now look to  reinvest resources into local GP practices in anticipation of the practice closing at the end of July. [...]

Decision to close Malling Health Wrekin finalised2017-02-18T15:25:00+00:00

Health leaders commit to finding a long term solution for local hospital services

7 February 2017 The following statement is from our colleagues at NHS Future Fit. Today (Tuesday, 7 February) health and social care leaders agreed the next steps for the NHS Future Fit programme. Partners are in agreement that work must continue to identify a long term solution for the challenges faced by local hospitals. Partners have agreed to commission an [...]

Health leaders commit to finding a long term solution for local hospital services2017-02-18T15:25:00+00:00

High demand at Shropshire hospitals

24 January 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to experience very high levels of demand, with health officials repeating their call for people to think about whether their visit to A&E is really necessary. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford continue to see a rising number of patients coming to A&E, with almost 100 more patients [...]

High demand at Shropshire hospitals2017-01-24T11:27:21+00:00