3 October 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will have to suspend overnight A&E services at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford unless they can increase the number of emergency doctors and nurses. The Royal College of Medicine (RCEM) recommends that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s two A&E Departments has 32 middle grade doctors – it has [...]
3 October 2018 A nurse from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has won a national award from charity the Cavell Trust. Alexis Taylor presents the Cavell Star Award to Jean Medina Jean Medina, an Ophthalmic Nurse managing the urgent eye clinic and medical retina clinic at the hospital, was nominated by colleagues for going above and beyond for her [...]
27 September 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust today agreed to temporarily suspend overnight A&E services at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford to ensure services are safe for patients. A closure from 8pm until 8am and is expected to happen in November. Until then the services will continue 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. Once the plan for safely managing [...]
19 September 2018 The following is a statement from Deirdre Fowler, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Quality: “We remain committed to providing the best care for all of our patients and to all women and families who use our maternity services. We are continuing to work closely with NHS Improvement (NHSI) and fully engaging and co-operating with their independent review. [...]
7 September 2018 Inpatient services, including births, at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Friday 7 September) until 8.30am on Monday 10 September. Antenatal and postnatal outpatient services will continue. Women booked to give birth at Shrewsbury MLU who go into labour during this time will be offered a birth at either Wrekin [...]
5 September 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals is working with NHS Blood and Transplant to promote organ donation to all its patients, visitors and staff. Fiona Deakin, Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation at SaTH, with one of the lifts Lift doors at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford [...]
3 September 2018 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has launched a regional radio campaign to promote nurse recruitment. For the past few years The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), has been developing its brand and using a multitude of way [...]
23 August 2018 Huge financial savings have been made at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals as part of a partnership with the USA’s ‘Hospital of the Decade’. Stores team at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. From left, Logan Harding, Paula Davies (Procurement Manager), Karl Smout and David Lewis. Now three years into the partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) [...]
16 August 2018 A Shropshire hospital worker has completed an epic charity cycle ride despite a fire on the Horseshoe Pass threatening to derail his plans. Craig on his final ascent Craig Edwards has intended to complete a “Three Peaks Challenge” – riding the equivalent of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales - by ascending the [...]
16 August 2018 Charlotte Nutt, left, with her sister, Emily, and mum, Stephanie. It was one of the most important days in Charlotte Nutt’s life. Her sister, Emily, was getting married and bridesmaid Charlotte and her mother, Stephanie, would be walking with her down the aisle. That act was made all the more poignant, as that honour would [...]
