Maxine Mawhinney, a former BBC journalist and news reporter, is the new Co-Chair of the Ockenden Report Assurance Committee, taking over from the outgoing Co-Chair, Jane Garvey. The Ockenden Report Assurance Committee (ORAC), a monthly live-streamed meeting, was set up in 2021 to obtain and provide assurance in relation to the delivery, evidence, sustainability and impact of the implementation [...]
A dedicated Facebook page has been launched by the Trust that provides maternity care for women and families in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The new page, called The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Maternity Information Hub, will be used to share up-to-date health and pregnancy advice, changes to services, improvements and innovations, staff achievements and patient experiences with [...]
Our Maternity Services team and the Maternity Voices Partnership Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are inviting former and current service users to complete a survey to provide feedback on their experiences of care and healthy pregnancy services. The teams would like to hear from service users who have had diabetes in pregnancy, a BMI of over 30, or have smoked [...]
13 October 2022 Dr Catriona McMahon, Chair of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “I would like to apologise again to Ms. Davies and Mr. Stanton for their loss and the way in which the Trust dealt with their concerns. We also wish to extend our apologies to other families who have been more widely impacted by the findings of [...]
22 August 2022 More than £2,500 has been raised by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s League of Friends (LoF) at their annual summer prize draw. All of the money raised will help fund much-needed equipment for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). This year, it will be used to help purchase three Patient Vital Signs Monitors for the Day Care Unit, which [...]
15 August 2022 People living with and beyond cancer can benefit from support and advice at their fingertips thanks to a new app launched by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). The “Living With & Beyond Cancer App” is free and has been developed by local NHS cancer specialists. It has been designed with local people in mind [...]
1 June 2022 The Trust, which runs the county’s two acute hospitals, will be celebrating the difference volunteers make and thanking them for all their time and dedication during Volunteers’ Week. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s (SaTH) 294 volunteers touch every corner of the hospitals, dedicating over 1,000 hours of service each week across 30 different roles. Volunteers [...]
24 May 2022 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is developing a career pathway for staff to realise their dream of becoming Registered Nurses. Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) at SaTH now have the opportunity to progress from HCA to Nursing Associate before doing the ‘Top-up’ Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship programme and qualifying to become a Registered Nurse. The first [...]
14 May 2022 The critical incident at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, which was declared on Thursday, was stood down today at 12.35pm. Due to the hard work and close co-operation of all involved, all services have been resumed as normal. Thank you for your patience.
13 May 2022 We will be celebrating the roles of Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) during ODP Day on Saturday (14 May). Patients will very often not be aware that it is an ODP who will provide skilled care for them from the moment they arrive in the operating theatre department to when they are discharged from the recovery room. This [...]
