31 October 2018 A team that performs thousands of heart scans at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals every year has enhanced its reputation for high quality and innovation. From left, Emily Challinor (Clinical Physiologist) and Sian Botley (Associate Practitioner) with the certificate from the British Society of Echocardiography. Cardiac ultrasound scanning – echocardiography or simply echo – is the [...]
23 October 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has taken immediate action to address all the areas raised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to ensure it offers a safe and kind environment for the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. Dr Edwin Borman, Medical Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: [...]
10 October 2018 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire Council: Health colleagues across Shropshire are encouraging young people and adults throughout the county to look after their mental health as they do their physical health, through a new campaign being launched today, World Mental Health Day (Wednesday 10 October 2018). The ‘Every Mind Matters’ campaign, led by [...]
10 October 2018 Efforts to recruit additional staff to keep the A&E department at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford open overnight are continuing. The department currently remains open 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. However, the A&E could close between 8pm and 8am because of staffing issues which have been having an increasing impact on the safe care of patients over a [...]
8 October 2018 Consultants at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have issued an open letter to the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales stating their support for the Trust's leadership. The letter can be seen below: To the people of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid Wales, We would like to thank the local [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
21 August 2018 News from our partners, Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin A new series of exercise classes are being launched across Shropshire to help older people maintain their independence and mobility in later life. The Elevate project is aimed at people aged 65 and above who want to improve their strength and balance, but in a friendly, social setting [...]
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 [...]
