29 April 2022 In-patient visiting is to be re-introduced at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals from Tuesday 3 May, after it was previously suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will be asked to continue to help restrict the spread of the virus by following some key requirements, including wearing face masks and observing social distancing when [...]
20 April 2022 A team from the Ophthalmology department at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is taking on Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain – as part of the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money. Doctors, nurses, nurse injectors, optometrists, secretaries and administrative staff from SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal [...]
14 April 2022 Below is an open letter from Chief Executive, Louise Barnett. This letter can also be read here. An open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust On Wednesday 30 March 2022, Mrs Donna Ockenden published her final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at our hospitals. The report is devastating [...]
30 March 2022 Responding to the publication of the final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services – the ‘Ockenden Report’ – Louise Barnett, Chief Executive at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said: “Today’s report is deeply distressing, and, on behalf of all at The Trust I offer our wholehearted apologies for the pain and distress that [...]
Ben Phillips A doctor has praised leisure centre staff for using a defibrillator to save the life of a swimmer. Father-of-two Ben Phillips, pictured, suffered a cardiac arrest when he was swimming underwater at Oswestry Leisure Centre pool and blacked out. His girlfriend alerted leisure centre staff who pulled Ben from the pool. He was resuscitated by the [...]
16 March 2022 They usually work behind the scenes at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals but healthcare scientists are crucial to the NHS and often offer life-saving care. As part of National Healthcare Science Week (14 -20 March), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford is [...]
16 March 2022 An appeal is being made to knitters to help create blankets for patients at high risk of falls, for while they are staying at Shropshire’s acute hospitals. The Falls Prevention Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is looking for people to knit or donate the blankets to use in a trial. It is [...]
It is so important at our Trust that we gather the views of our patients and their carers so that we can all work together to help improve the care we provide to our communities. We would like to reflect the direct experience of those we care for here at the Trust and to help in this we are setting [...]
8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and here at SaTH we are celebrating the achievements of all women within our organisation. Here, we put the spotlight on two colleagues – Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Officer, and Jenni Rowlands, Acting Deputy Medical Director. Emma-Jane Beattie, Emergency Planning Manager “As an NHS organisation we are required by law to [...]
4 February 2022 Today (Friday 4 March) marks the second Overseas NHS Workers Day. Here at SaTH we are proud to support this initiative launched by The Doctors’ Association UK, in recognition of the extraordinary contribution of our international staff, on which the NHS relies. It is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our [...]
