11 December 2020 Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been awarded £5.8 million, a share of £600 million given to NHS Trusts for maintenance backlog. The money is part of £1.5 billion capital funding announced by the Prime Minister in the summer to help the NHS build back better. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
9 December 2020 Hospital staff on the front line of the NHS fight against coronavirus are being helped to unwind thanks to some first class support from airline crews. Project Wingman is coming to SaTH. Picture taken at another hospital. Healthcare workers and support staff at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) are being treated to [...]
9 December 2020 They are at the very heart of Shropshire’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day they carefully decipher hundreds of tests extracting and detecting the relevant information to determine who is COVID-19 positive and who is negative. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Microbiology team at SaTH has provided the results for COVID-19 swabs taken from [...]
24 November 2020 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is asking people across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales to take a few minutes to complete a survey to help develop a new Public Participation Strategy. Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said: “Listening to our staff and working [...]
23 November 2020 SaTH has teamed up with a waste and resource management firm to look for ideas from budding designers for the renovation of a courtyard at the Princess Royal Hospital. Julia Clark, Director of Corporate Services at SATH, and Tony Munro, Marketing Director at Reconomy, in the area at PRH that will be renovated As part [...]
18 November 2020 SaTH has welcomed the announcement that Government funding is being made available to move forward with plans to transform hospital services for the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. Health Minister Edward Argar MP confirmed that £6m of funding has been approved in principle for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), to develop plans for the [...]
9 November 2020 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has received a donation from Shrewsbury livestock auctioneers Halls to support the Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Julia Clarke receives the cheque from representatives at Halls Farmers across Shropshire generously donated sheep and calves to be sold to raise funds for the ITU, [...]
2 November 2020 A Mid Wales-based business has donated almost £60,000 to NHS Charities Together, just days after it was announced that the Charity had allocated a further £143,000 to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for Covid-19 recovery projects. Gwyn and Ann Evans, of Bettws Hall Bettws Hall Sporting Estates successfully raised £59,185 for the [...]
23 October 2020 Visiting has been suspended to all wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This decision has not been made lightly and aims to reduce the number of people coming into the hospitals, in order to protect patients. The changes are now in effect and will remain [...]
16 October 2020 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have taken delivery of two new Sensory Carts to help relax and calm patients living with dementia, and children with delayed learning - thanks to Captain Sir Tom Moore’s incredible fundraising. Captain Tom’s fundraising for NHS Charities Together has enabled The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
