13 July 2018 A fund set up to benefit patients at the end of their life, and their families, has raised almost £18,000 in the three years since it was launched. The Swan Fund was set up at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in July 2015 by End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis. It was launched with [...]
4 July 2018 Twenty five scrumptious birthday cakes will be delivered to the wards of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals as part of celebrations to mark the 70th birthday of the NHS on Thursday 5 July. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, has organised for the celebratory cakes [...]
4 July 2018 A new ‘White Garden’ has been created at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) featuring a pebble trail made from stones hand painted by Shropshire schoolchildren. Pupils from Crowmoor Primary School in Shrewsbury have decorated dozens of pebbles for the trail around the garden. Kelly with her daughters Madison and Sophie The White Garden features flowers [...]
25 June 2018 Award winning Shropshire business Flower & White has kindly donated hundreds of sweet treats to Shropshire’s two acute hospitals for their Charity Fun Day, which will mark 70 years of the NHS. The Telford-based bakers has thrown its support behind the charity event, which is being held at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
25 June 2018 Twenty three nurses from SaTH conquered the Wrekin to support and raise awareness of a national campaign to 'End PJ Paralysis’. The challenge to climb the Wrekin was organised by PRH Ward 11 manager, Lisa Butler, who managed to rally colleagues to join her on Saturday morning. Nurses conquer [...]
19 June 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to introduce a new ‘people’s panel’ dedicated to improving patient experience. The new ‘people’s panel’ will replace the current Patient Experience and Involvement Panel (PEIP) which is currently made up of patients, ex-patients, patient advocates and carers. Its aim is to support and challenge The Shrewsbury and Telford [...]
14 June 2018 They endured seasickness, hypothermia and fatigue and even swam in the dark - yet Shropshire nurse Melissa Compton and her relay team have completed their incredible swim across the English Channel. Melissa Compton, who works in ITU Melissa, who works in ITU at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), kicked off the 22-mile relay [...]
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 [...]
15 May 2018 Nurse Melissa Compton is taking the ultimate plunge – and will swim across the Channel in a 22-mile fundraising relay with three friends. Melissa Compton, who works in ITU They will be aiming to swim in relay between Dover and Calais – with each member swimming for an hour in succession until they [...]
