3 March 2020 Artist’s impressions of the new Macmillan Cancer Support Service, which is being created within the Hamar Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), have been revealed this week. SaTH and Macmillan Cancer Support are working in partnership with other local charities to extend and improve existing services within the Hamar Centre, including the development of a new [...]
18 February 2020 A prestigious award recognising excellence in the provision of palliative care has been presented to a team from SaTH. Representatives from the Trust received the prestigious Dundas Medal at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), jointly awarded by the College and PATCH (Palliation and The Caring Hospital). The team was chosen for its innovative and [...]
4 February 2020 SaTH and Macmillan Cancer Support have launched a new Living Well video made by staff and volunteers which aims to provide more information and support to local people living with cancer, especially those in the most isolated areas in the region. The video provides patients with an opportunity to hear from other people living with cancer as [...]
28 January 2020 A new sign has been installed outside the Lingen Davies Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to help patients who are living with Dementia. The idea for the sign followed a walkabout by members of the Radiotherapy team who are based within the centre at RSH, and George Rook, Chair of Shropshire Dementia Action Alliance, who [...]
9 January 2020 SaTH and Macmillan Cancer Support are working in partnership with other local charities to build a new Macmillan Cancer Support Service and extend existing services within the Hamar Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). SaTH provides counselling and well-being services at the Hamar Centre for individuals with cancer and other life-threatening conditions. The new extension and [...]
1 January 2020 A fund set up to benefit patients who are end of life, and their families, at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has raised more than £43,000 since its launch. The Swan Fund was set up by Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator at SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in [...]
27 December 2019 More than 100 bikers dressed in festive outfits have visited the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to drop off a van brimming with donated gifts for young patients. The group from the Midlands Riders arrived at RSH, which along with the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford forms The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, to drop off [...]
16 December 2019 The stars of the Shrewsbury pantomime Aladdin have drawn the winning tickets in the annual League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) Christmas Raffle Draw. Harry Winchester and Anelisa Lamola, who star as Aladdin and the Genie in the Theatre Severn Christmas extravaganza, joined members of the League’s Fundraising Committee for the draw at Shrewsbury’s [...]
13 December 2019 Hundreds of people swapped their day wear and took part in Christmas Jumper Day today (Friday 13 December) to raise money for SaTH Charity. Staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, donned their favourite Christmas Jumper, T-Shirt or [...]
11 December 2019 The wishes of patients are being prioritised in a new way for doctors to record how someone wants to be cared for at the end of their life. SaTH has recently introduced the national ReSPECT process, along with health and care partners across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. ReSPECT - Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Treatment and [...]
