01 January 2019 A new £1 million MRI scanner at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) is helping to reduce waiting and travel time for cardiac patients who previously had to be seen out of Shropshire for their scans. The state-of-the-art scanner was purchased by the League of Friends of the RSH last year after they raised an incredible £1 million [...]
27 December 2018 The author behind the Ironbridge Ogre - a book created to celebrate Telford’s 50th birthday - has donated 25 copies to the Children’s Oncology Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH). Lisa, Sally, Tracey and Toni with the donated books Toni Sian Williams wrote and illustrated the book, a children's mythical story book set in [...]
21 December 2018 Footballing stars from Shrewsbury Town and Telford United brought seasonal cheer to patients and staff at The Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals this week. Staff at RSH are joined by players from STFC Players from Shrewsbury Town – including Mat Sadler and Steve Arnold - visited patients and staff at the Lingen Davies Centre [...]
All media enquiries regarding Christmas and New Year births should be made via switchboard on 01952 641222 to the Delivery Suite Coordinator, who will be able to assist with information about births at the Trust’s maternity units. Please note we are only able to offer details and pictures with the full consent of the family. Thank You.
21 December 2018 A member of the Workforce Transformation at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been honoured for her mentoring skills. Tracy Newbold with her award Tracy Newbold, Pre-Employment Avisor, won the Most Helpful Mentor Award after being nominated by a student from Burton Borough School who had participated in The Work Related Learning [...]
20 December 2018 A popular art trail featuring larger than life ducks is now bringing smiles to the faces of young patients at the Princess Royal Hospital in the form of a specially-created mural. The unveiling of the mural at PRH The original Let’s Go Quackers trail, made up of a collection of 10 giant painted ducks was [...]
20 December 2018 The stars of the Shrewsbury pantomime Mother Goose have drawn the winning tickets in this year’s annual League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Christmas Raffle Draw. Victoria McCabe and Matt Dallen, who star as Jill and Billy Goose in the Theatre Severn Christmas extravaganza,joined member of the League of Friends’ Fundraising Committee for the draw [...]
19 December 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is in ninth best in the country for making sure patients wait no longer than 18 weeks between seeing their GP and having treatment at hospital. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has hit the hit national 92% referral to treatment (RTT) for 14 of the past [...]
19 December 2018 The Catering Team at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is hoping to bring a little cheer to those who find themselves in hospital this Christmas. The catering team at RSH with their food bank collection The team has been working on a project to make Christmas Day lunch special for patients who will unfortunately need to [...]
17 December 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has scooped an international environmental award for recycling surplus hospital equipment and furniture, making savings of £80,000. The Trust has won a Green Apple Award – Gold Level - as part of the recognised International Green Apple Environment Awards for Environmental Best Practice for its work using Warp-it, a [...]
