6 May 2020 A Shrewsbury woman who tested positive for coronavirus was applauded by the NHS staff who saved her life at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Sally Perrin, 65, who spent four weeks in intensive care – 26 days of which she was in a coma - fighting coronavirus and a further three weeks recovering [...]
5 May 2020 SaTH is committed to maintaining the safety of its staff and Maternity Services users and remains open for care during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Nicola Wenlock, Directory of Midwifery, said: “During the COVID-19 outbreak, pregnant women may feel anxious about accessing our Maternity Services. We want to make it clear that we are taking full precautions, in [...]
4 May 2020 A Shrewsbury mum has organised a three-day online festival to raise money for Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Annie Hambley Annie Hambley has put together the Rainbows and Happy Days Festival, which will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Money raised will go to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Charity, to support staff [...]
2 May 2020 A farm vet with a passion for music is using his talent to raise funds for those on the frontline fight against coronavirus. John Hemingway Despite hardly having sat in front of a microphone since he graduated from university four-years-ago, John Hemingway is using his ‘not going out time’ to perform a song-a-day for 26 [...]
1 May 2020 Dr Arne Rose The Medical Director of Shropshire’s acute hospitals has joined sporting stars such as Gary Lineker, Monty Panesar, Chris Kamara, Wes Morgan and Andy Robertson to call for racism to be given the red card in the NHS. Dr Arne Rose, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which [...]
28 April 2020 A pair of teachers who ran a marathon around their six metre garden have helped raise thousands of pounds for the charity that supports staff at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Dan Pritchard and Liam Deery’s incredible feat was the highlight of a weekend of activity as fundraisers sought to fill the charity gap left by the postponement [...]
9 April 2020 Strictly stars Robin Windsor and Flavia Cacace and Radio Shropshire's Jim Hawkins An eight-year-old girl has created a video spreading a message of love to NHS staff, featuring some well known-faces. Phoebe Morgan-Mialkowski created the video as part of a project, while being ‘home schooled’ by her mum, Julia Morgan. The video features people holding [...]
23 March 2020 Dr Arne Rose, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “Sadly, we can confirm that a man who was being cared for at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and had tested positive for COVID-19, has died. “The patient, who died on 21 March, was in his 40s and had underlying health [...]
18 March 2020 Yesterday, Sir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of the NHS, wrote to NHS Trusts advising them for the need to postpone all non-urgent elective operations for a period of at least three months. Below is a statement from our Medical Director, Dr Arne Rose: “As the Chief Medical Officer has stated, NHS services are likely to come under intense pressure as [...]
17 March 2020 A member of staff at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals today expressed her disappointment that she will not be able to take part in the London Marathon next month, after organisers took the decision to postpone the event until October following expert advice to reduce the spread of coronavirus. But Amanda Cheeseman, who is raising [...]
