3 July 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is today (Tuesday) starting a six-week period of engagement about a proposal to extend the temporary suspension of inpatient services – including births and postnatal care - in its rural Midwife Led Units (MLUs) at Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry. The proposal is to extend the current temporary suspension of [...]
29 June 2018 Five hundred runners will take to the streets of Shrewsbury next weekend to celebrate 70 years of the NHS. Pictured, from left, Debra Armitage (Sales Negotiator at SJ Roberts Homes), Jules Lewis (End of Life Care Specialist at SaTH), Mike Sambrook (Managing Director at SJ Roberts Homes) and Victoria Evanson (After Sales Manager at SJ Roberts [...]
28 June 2018 Some of the finest acts on the Shropshire music scene are set to take to the stage at a charity fun day celebrating the 70th birthday of the NHS. Bands and solo acts will be joined by choirs at the special event at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Saturday 7 July. Of One [...]
27 June 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will celebrate the achievements of staff and volunteers at a very special awards ceremony which will also mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Members of the VIP Awards organising team Charlotte Banks, Laura Westcott and Kate Adney at RAF Cosford The annual Values In Practice (VIP) awards held by The [...]
25 June 2018 Award winning Shropshire business Flower & White has kindly donated hundreds of sweet treats to Shropshire’s two acute hospitals for their Charity Fun Day, which will mark 70 years of the NHS. The Telford-based bakers has thrown its support behind the charity event, which is being held at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
20 June 2018 A bear created to raise money for Shropshire's two acute hospitals has gone on sale. Bevan the Bear has been created by Ironbridge-based Merrythought as part of our celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. He has been named after Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS. Bevan comes in a limited run of 1,948 bears [...]
19 June 2018 The following news is from our partners at NHS Future Fit The first two public exhibition events for the NHS Future Fit consultation took place on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 June in Telford and Shrewsbury – with around 300 people taking up the opportunity to find out more about the Future Fit proposals. The events – [...]
19 June 2018 Inpatient services - including births - at Bridgnorth, Oswestry and Ludlow Midwife Led Units (MLUs) are to remain temporarily suspended in order to safely staff the units where most of our mothers are giving birth, as a period of focused engagement with service users begins. The current suspension of births at the three MLUs will continue until [...]
15 June 2018 After being diagnosed with a disease which was attacking and damaging her kidneys, Becky Carroll-Lees felt like she wanted to die. Becky with her children Chloe and Liam Despite having a young family, the formerly fit and healthy 37-year-old felt like her life was over as dealing with her treatment took its toll both physically [...]
14 June 2018 They endured seasickness, hypothermia and fatigue and even swam in the dark - yet Shropshire nurse Melissa Compton and her relay team have completed their incredible swim across the English Channel. Melissa Compton, who works in ITU Melissa, who works in ITU at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), kicked off the 22-mile relay [...]
