9 January 2019 The League of Friends of The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has switched to compostable cups for its takeaway drinks to lessen the impact on the environment. Volunteer Jacky Spooner with one of the new cups The League of Friends have replaced their regular, plastic-coated, takeaway cups with ‘Vegware’ cups which can be composted along with food [...]
8 January 2019 A nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been named as one of the best in the country for “making an impact on nursing in 2018”. Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) was named [...]
3 January 2019 A nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to take on a half marathon to raise money for a specialist piece of equipment which can avoid the need for a child to give a blood sample and avoid a trip to hospital. Sarah Voice, specialist nurse at SaTH Sarah Voice works [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
18 December 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) was officially re-opened today (Tuesday 18 December) following a £500,000 refurbishment. The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Peter Nutting, was joined by some of the mums, their families and the staff who helped re-design the unit, to cut the ribbon and officially open the £500,000 refurbished Midwife Led Unit. The Mayor of [...]
