9 June 2023 A message from our colleagues at NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin With an amber weather alert announced and temperatures set to become ‘very warm’ to ‘hot’ between Saturday and Monday across the Midlands, we’re urging everyone across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to beat the heat and stay safe this weekend. Hot weather can increase the risk of [...]
14 May 2022 The critical incident at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, which was declared on Thursday, was stood down today at 12.35pm. Due to the hard work and close co-operation of all involved, all services have been resumed as normal. Thank you for your patience.
29 April 2022 In-patient visiting is to be re-introduced at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal Hospitals from Tuesday 3 May, after it was previously suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will be asked to continue to help restrict the spread of the virus by following some key requirements, including wearing face masks and observing social distancing when [...]
14 April 2022 Below is an open letter from Chief Executive, Louise Barnett. This letter can also be read here. An open letter to everyone served by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust On Wednesday 30 March 2022, Mrs Donna Ockenden published her final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at our hospitals. The report is devastating [...]
28 February 2022 For those interested to learn more about a career in health and social care, colleagues from the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) are hosting a dedicated Careers Fair to ignite passion and inspire budding health and social care professionals. The ICS Health and Social Care Careers Fair takes place on Thursday 3 March 2022, [...]
Even during these difficult times we are always looking to see how we can improve our care for those we serve and we will often look to you all to help us with this work. One such proposal is to move the renal dialysis services which are currently being provided at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford, to a £4.5 [...]
20 January 2022 People in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are being urged to grab a jab this week with at least 16 walk-in sites available across the county. The NHS is launching a week of walk-ins which means that many people are now closer than ever to a walk-in vaccination site and getting protected from the dangers of the Covid-19 variant, Omicron and Long Covid. [...]
4 November 2021 UPDATE (13.56) This incident has now been safely resolved and the Emergency Department and all other services at PRH have now been re-opened. A statement from Nigel Lee, Chief Operating Officer “This morning a patient presented at the Emergency Department (ED) of the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) having been exposed off-site at his local workplace to potentially [...]
An update from our colleagues at Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) 5 October 2021 Routine blood tests for patients in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have resumed as the shortage of blood test tubes has eased. Work is now taking place to clear the backlog of non-urgent blood tests which were paused on NHS England (NHSE) guidance. [...]
10 September 2021 Update on elective surgery In line with the pressures being experienced nationally across the NHS, our hospitals are continuing to see very high levels of demands for patients needing urgent care, as well as rising numbers of COVID-19 patients needing inpatient care. “To manage this demand and ensure that these patients receive the urgent treatment they need, [...]
