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Public urged not to lose sight of the good work Trust is doing as CQC publishes inspection report that confirms special measures

29 November 2018 A third of all categories inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) during a visit to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) were rated “Good” by inspectors, the Commission’s report has revealed today. Almost all services were recorded as Good for “Caring” whilst areas of outstanding practice were found in postnatal maternity care as well [...]

Public urged not to lose sight of the good work Trust is doing as CQC publishes inspection report that confirms special measuresClaire Dunn2018-11-29T08:33:20+00:00

SaTH in the Top 20

28 November 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is among the 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 13 of the past [...]

SaTH in the Top 20Claire Dunn2018-11-28T10:06:04+00:00

Health and Social Care professionals working together to get patients out of hospital sooner

27 November 2018 Health and social care professionals from across the county have spent a week together to explore new ways of getting patients to leave hospital sooner so they can recover in the best possible place. The team involved in the improvement work Representatives from 10 different organisations – including Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning [...]

Health and Social Care professionals working together to get patients out of hospital soonerClaire Dunn2018-11-27T11:34:01+00:00

League of Friends of RSH donates £43,000 for new microscopes

26 November 2018 The League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has made a fantastic donation of £43,000 enabling SaTH to purchase two new microscopes, which are already helping patients. The Olympus and Nikon consultant grade microscopes were bought for the Cellular Pathology Team; and both have integrated cameras which will help with teaching and presentations to multidisciplinary teams. [...]

League of Friends of RSH donates £43,000 for new microscopesClaire Dunn2018-11-26T09:45:11+00:00

Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital Accident & Emergency Department to stay open

22 November 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has today secured the middle grade doctors and nurses needed to allow the A&E department at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford to stay open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. A mixture of locum and agency middle grade doctors are now committed to rotas in the A&E until the end of March 2019. [...]

Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital Accident & Emergency Department to stay openClaire Dunn2018-11-22T13:13:43+00:00

SaTH moves to strengthen Board

21 November 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has today moved to strengthen its leadership. Two new directors will join the Board at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as the organisation continues to face a number of challenges and opportunities over the coming months. A Director of Clinical Effectiveness and a Director of Strategy [...]

SaTH moves to strengthen BoardClaire Dunn2018-11-21T17:07:19+00:00

Harriet’s Wrekin walk raises £350

21 November 2018 A teenager who climbed the Wrekin with her friends to mark her 16th birthday has raised £350 for the hospital team who saved her life when she was just six-weeks-old. Harriet and her friends at the top of the Wrekin Harriet Bagguley took the challenge to raise money for the Children’s Ward at the Princess [...]

Harriet’s Wrekin walk raises £350Claire Dunn2018-11-21T11:46:29+00:00

Smartphone app to help pregnant women with gestational diabetes

16 November 2018 Pregnant women with gestational diabetes in Shropshire will soon be able to manage their condition remotely by using a smartphone app. The app will be used by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) from December and means that women will be able to better manage their condition, and potentially reduce the number of visits they [...]

Smartphone app to help pregnant women with gestational diabetesClaire Dunn2018-11-20T15:05:18+00:00

Marathon runner Nicola aims to teach lifesaving techniques for charity appeal

15 November 2018 A resuscitation officer at the trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, who has landed a place in the London Marathon, has come up with a unique plan to boost her fundraising, while teaching people valuable skills which could save a life. Nicola Bishton will be running the London Marathon next April Nicola Bishton, who [...]

Marathon runner Nicola aims to teach lifesaving techniques for charity appealClaire Dunn2018-11-15T16:23:03+00:00

Staff go extra mile to help homeless patient

14 November 2018 Staff at the Princess Royal Hospital went the extra mile to help a patient who had recently become homeless. Stuart Ansell The patient was brought onto the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) – a specialist unit for medical emergencies – last week. Through speaking to the patient, staff discovered that the clothes he was wearing were [...]

Staff go extra mile to help homeless patientClaire Dunn2018-11-14T16:33:30+00:00