6 November 2018 The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre will celebrate its move to a new state-of-the-art facility with an official opening on Saturday 10 November – when staff will be joined by families who have been helped by the service. The centre, which is one of the top IVF clinics in the country, moved to the Severn Fields Health [...]
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 [...]
11 September 2018 A new surgical technique is being offered by SaTH for women needing a hysterectomy for fibroids, which is significantly reducing the length of time they spend in hospital. Women with the condition can now undergo keyhole surgery instead of conventional surgery. That means they can go home same day instead of spending up to five days in [...]
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 [...]
7 August 2018 A team representing the Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to take on the world’s fastest zipline to raise money to improve care for patients at the end of their life. Jules Lewis, centre, with Dr Terri Porrett and Roy Lilley at the Swan Bereavement Suite at RSH. The team, headed up by [...]
20 July 2018 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is continuing talks on the best way of keeping patients safe in the event of fragile services becoming unsustainable. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), is examining what short-term measures could be taken ahead [...]
19 July 2018 A Shropshire hospital worker is to ride the equivalent of the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales to raise money to improve end of life care. Craig Edwards, left, and Richard Humphries prepare for their epic ride Craig Edwards will tackle his “Three Peaks Challenge” by ascending the infamous Horseshoe Pass near Llangollen 10 [...]
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 [...]
23 May 2018 The following information is from our partners at Teenage Cancer Trust Teenage Cancer Trust, the charity dedicated to ensuring no young person faces cancer alone, in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), has funded a new Teenage and Young Adult clinical specialist nurse to support young people with cancer aged 13 to 24, [...]
17 May 2018 A charity collection box has been stolen from a shop run by the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The League of Friends donation box was taken from the charity’s shop in the Outpatients of RSH some time last night (Wednesday 17 May 2018). The collection box was later found empty in a gents’ [...]
