18 February 2019 More than 88% of men eligible to be screened for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin were scanned – the highest uptake in the country. That’s all down to the efforts of the AAA screening team run by SaTH. They screened more than 2,500 men over the age of 65 for the [...]
11 February 2019 A team of white coats at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have streamlined their work to ensure patients are given the most effective antibiotics at the earliest opportunity. The behind-the-scenes work is proving particularly effective in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) fight against sepsis as it is now possible for patients to receive specially-targeted antibiotics [...]
8 February 2019 The Joint Committee of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) has approved Option 1 of the NHS Future Fit plans which means PRH will become a dedicated Planned Care site and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will become a specialist Emergency Care site. By having a separate Planned Care site, patients will wait less [...]
29 January 2019 More than 300 audio books, together with personal CD players and headphones, have been kindly donated to The League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) for patients with poor vision. Deputy Provincial Grand Master Ian Smith, Immediate Past Master Peter James and Derek Suttleworth, Charity Steward, present the books to League of Friends Shops [...]
25 January 2019 Patients and staff are being asked for their views on how Ophthalmology services, provided by SaTH, should be delivered in the future. Ophthalmology services are currently provided at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, and Euston House (ICAT) in Telford; as outlined below: Site Outpatients Surgery RSH Adult & [...]
23 January 2019 The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and SaTH, with support from Sight Loss Shropshire, have launched a new service providing emotional and practical support to people newly diagnosed with sight loss. A new Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) will work alongside health professionals to offer support and advice to blind and partially sighted people on [...]
22 January 2019 Two new state-of-the-art ‘real life’ manikins – that speak, blink and even bleed – will help train healthcare professionals, and those of the future, at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. They will be used in a new Simulation Suite which will officially be opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) this week. The Suite is based within the [...]
21 January 2019 A mobile recovery unit is in place at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to help alleviate the impact that winter pressures are having on the day surgery service. The unit, supplied by Vanguard Healthcare, is a fully-equipped mobile recovery unit and a walkway has been constructed from it to the entrance of the Treatment Centre. The capacity [...]
18 January 2019 SaTH Charity, which aims to make a difference to patients and staff at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, has won a donation of £1,000. The donation has come from insurance provider Ecclesiastical, which is providing the funding to a number of charities and individuals as part of its 12 Days of Giving Campaign. SaTH Charity was nominated to win [...]
16 January 2019 Female staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), who are struggling to find the time for their cervical screening test, can now have the procedure done at work. Dr Jill Blackmore and Sister Claire Carr It is the idea of Trust’s Colposcopy team as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which runs [...]
