Trust dietetics team stir up an appetite for Nutrition and Hydration Week

12 March 2019 The Dietetics team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is getting behind Nutrition and Hydration Week, which runs from March 11-17, with a series of events. Tina Cheung (Nutrition Support Lead Dietitian), Simon Wright (Chief Executive), Lorraine Eades (Head of Dietetics and Care Closer to Home Centre Manager)  and Wendy Ballard (Medicines Management Dietitian) [...]

Trust dietetics team stir up an appetite for Nutrition and Hydration Week2019-03-12T11:07:25+00:00

The fight against sepsis

7 March 2019 By Louise Ingrouille-Grove, Critical Care Outreach Sister Five years ago, the chances are you wouldn’t have heard of sepsis. But hard-hitting storylines in primetime shows like Coronation Street, Call the Midwife, The Archers and Holby City have changed all that. One aspect of my role as a Critical Outreach Sister is to review the deteriorating patient, and [...]

The fight against sepsis2019-03-08T16:21:45+00:00

Youngsters scrub up well for Young People’s Academy

22 February 2019 Ellie Watts (Newport Girls High School), Huw Chadwick (Shrewsbury Sixth Form College), Charlotte Newby (Charlton School) and Ben Baker (Shrewsbury Sixth Form College) A group of young people have attended an academy at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals that provides an in-depth look at the work carried out by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The [...]

Youngsters scrub up well for Young People’s Academy2019-02-22T15:04:00+00:00

Nurse smashes fundraising target to buy two children’s blood test machines

20 February 2019 A nurse at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has smashed her half marathon fundraising target to buy two specialist pieces of equipment which can avoid the need for a child to go to hospital and give a blood sample. Sarah Voice Sarah Voice, a specialist nurse in the Anticoagulation Team at The [...]

Nurse smashes fundraising target to buy two children’s blood test machines2019-02-20T13:05:53+00:00

First two refurbished homes for Junior Doctors open

15 February 2019 The first two houses being renovated in a bid to attract doctors to Telford's Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) have been completed. SaTH Chair, Ben Reid, talks to Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, Shaun Davies at one of the refurbished doctors' houses The houses opened at PRH following a DIY SOS-style appeal. The project, spearheaded by [...]

First two refurbished homes for Junior Doctors open2019-02-15T11:57:43+00:00

What if there was a better way?

8 February 2019 The Joint Committee of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) has approved Option 1 of the NHS Future Fit plans which means PRH will become a dedicated Planned Care site and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) will become a specialist Emergency Care site. By having a separate Planned Care site, patients will wait less [...]

What if there was a better way?2019-02-08T12:39:59+00:00

State-of-the-art ‘real life’ manikins will help train medical staff at SaTH

22 January 2019 Two new state-of-the-art ‘real life’ manikins – that speak, blink and even bleed – will help train healthcare professionals, and those of the future, at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. They will be used in a new Simulation Suite which will officially be opened at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) this week. The Suite is based within the [...]

State-of-the-art ‘real life’ manikins will help train medical staff at SaTH2019-01-22T10:56:42+00:00

Oh yes they did! Panto stars draw winning tickets for LoF raffle

20 December 2018 The stars of the Shrewsbury pantomime Mother Goose have drawn the winning tickets in this year’s annual League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Christmas Raffle Draw. Victoria McCabe and Matt Dallen, who star as Jill and Billy Goose in the Theatre Severn Christmas extravaganza,joined member of the League of Friends’ Fundraising Committee for the draw [...]

Oh yes they did! Panto stars draw winning tickets for LoF raffle2018-12-20T12:24:01+00:00

Catering team serve up Christmas treats for patients and staff

19 December 2018 The Catering Team at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is hoping to bring a little cheer to those who find themselves in hospital this Christmas. The catering team at RSH with their food bank collection The team has been working on a project to make Christmas Day lunch special for patients who will unfortunately need to [...]

Catering team serve up Christmas treats for patients and staff2018-12-19T09:13:35+00:00

Teddy bear manufacturer donates more than £2,000 to hospitals from sale of ‘Bevan’

11 December 2018 A limited edition teddy bear, created to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, has so far raised more than £2,000 for Shropshire’s acute hospitals. Bevan the Bear was created by Ironbridge-based Merrythought – the only traditional teddy bear manufacturers left in the UK – to raise money for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) [...]

Teddy bear manufacturer donates more than £2,000 to hospitals from sale of ‘Bevan’2018-12-11T13:53:42+00:00