15 May 2020 Sixty student nurses have joined Shropshire’s two acute hospitals to help care for patients and boost the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. The final year student nurses have been deployed across clinical areas of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, both of which are run by SaTH. In March, the Nursing and [...]
6 May 2020 Rebeccah Davies A Midwife at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust(SaTH) has won a national award for her work in helping colleagues to support each other. Rebeccah Davies, Labour Ward Coordinator, was named the Gabby Dowds-Quinn Members’ Champion at this year’s Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual awards, held on International Day of the [...]
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 [...]
5 May 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has launched an improvement fortnight to improve patient journeys through its hospitals and ensure people are discharged as soon as they are medically fit to leave. During the weeks either side of the Bank Holiday, the Trust will focus on working differently, testing new ideas to keep patient flow [...]
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 [...]
15 April 2020 The NHS is currently facing an unprecedented situation regarding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Health services in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin are taking measures to provide the safest care and best possible experience for patients during this time. From Thursday 16 April, Urgent Care Centres (UCCs) at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
