22 November 2019 A young superhero from Shropshire has been chosen to partner Invictus Games hero and Paralympian, Dave Henson, at December’s 2019 Superhero series – the UK’s only disability sports series for the everyday superhero – and is fundraising on behalf of two Shropshire hospital trusts. After smashing his challenge at the Superhero Tri in August, Tom McIntyre, eight, [...]
19 November 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has hosted an event to bring together Insulin Pump patients living with Type 1 Diabetes. ‘The Severn Pumpers Annual Meeting’ is a patient support and networking event that sees Insulin Pump company representatives sharing information and innovations and patients sharing their experiences of Diabetes and pump therapy. This year’s [...]
14 November 2019 Hundreds of staff have been given their flu jabs during a 24-hour Jabathon at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Nearly 800 members of staff from across SaTH were vaccinated during the Jabathon which started at 9.30am on Wednesday 13 November and finished at 9.30am on Thursday 14 November. Jabathon clinics were held at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) [...]
By Tony Twist, Dietitian I recently got a new bike and it's made cycling so much easier as it’s a couple of kilos lighter. I probably burn off fewer calories but can get out on it more! I also discovered that from the Castlefields suburb of Shrewsbury I can travel next to the river and up cycle ways practically the [...]
12 November 2019 An Oswestry woman has made a generous donation to SaTH Charity’s Shropshire Blood Trust Fund following cancer treatment at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). Jenna Tarry completed her treatment for Hodgkin Lymphoma in July and wanted to raise money for the Haematology Unit at RSH to thank staff for the care she received. Jenna's boss, Justine Vaughan at [...]
The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 12 November 2019 Residents are being encouraged to stock up on medicine cabinet essentials as part of a new health campaign launched by NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). A series of pop-up events are also planned offering people healthcare advice and the chance to ask any [...]
7 November 2019 A generous donation has been made to the Oncology and Haematology Ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in memory of a patient. Cheryl Cranswick spent much time on Ward 23 RSH during her illness and her family requested that funeral donations be made in her name to help future patients receiving treatment there. Cheryl’s husband, Ed [...]
6 November 2019 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has developed an e-learning programme to support maternity and emergency teams treating unexpectedly unwell newborn babies in community settings, in partnership with Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) and The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Wendy Tyler The Midwifery Identification, Stabilisation and Transfer [...]
31 October 2019 Two time capsules have been planted at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its specialist night team. The Hospital at Night team has been marking its special milestone throughout the month in a number of different ways, including planting the capsules at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford [...]
30 October 2019 The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has launched a new rainbow badge for staff to demonstrate that they are aware of the issues that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) people can face when accessing healthcare. Kevin Tanner from LGBT+ (left) presents SaTH's Jordan Brookes with a Rainbow badge. Originating at London’s Evelina Children's [...]
