Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital Nhs Trust news


Trust given approval for £35m revamp of Shropshire hospitals

Bosses of Shropshire’s two main hospitals have been given the final seal of approval for their plans to change the way services are run in Telford and Shrewsbury.


Telford MP calls on NHS trust to scrap parking hike

Telford MP David Wright has joined calls for the county’s largest hospitals to abandon plans to raise parking charges.


Hospital 18-week waiting list down to 800

The number of people waiting more than 18 weeks to be seen at Shropshire’s two main hospitals has been slashed from 6,000 to about 800, health bosses say.


Parking zones fear for Shropshire hospital workers

Staff from Shropshire’s two main hospitals who live close to the sites could be asked to pay more for parking than colleagues who commute from further away, the county’s top health boss has said.


Decision on Shropshire hospital plans this week

A final decision on whether a £35 million overhaul of how hospital services are delivered in Shropshire is due to be made this week, the county’s health service boss has revealed.


Shropshire hospital parking charges to rise

Car parking charges are to rise at Shropshire’s two main hospitals this year, the county’s top health boss has revealed.


Telford diabetes sufferers got wrong medicine

Nearly a quarter of diabetes patients at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford have been affected by medication errors in the past two years, new figures have revealed.


Surgeons working to clear Shropshire eye op backlog

Eye surgeons in Telford are working to clear a backlog of 90 cataract patients after services were resumed at the Wrekin Community Clinic.


Health chiefs back £35m NHS shake-up

Health chiefs have backed the business case behind the £35 million shake-up of services at Shropshire’s two main hospitals.


Cataract surgery at Telford clinic on hold

Cataract surgery at the Wrekin Community Clinic in Telford has been suspended after four patients were given the wrong lenses.


Royal Shrewsbury Hospital geared up for trauma

Staff at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will be working together with specialist units in Birmingham and Stoke to care for the county’s seriously ill or injured patients.


Shropshire hospitals bus bid for patients

An airport-style shuttle bus will be used to ferry patients to and from Shropshire’s two main hospitals as part of a shake-up of services.


Top nurse welcomes £35m Shropshire hospitals’ loan

A top nurse today welcomed a £35 million Government loan to pay for a shake-up of services at Shropshire’s two hospitals.


Shropshire NHS shake-up is boosted by £35m loan

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has agreed to lend £35 million to the bosses of Shropshire’s two main hospitals to fund the controversial shake-up of services in the county.


Shropshire hospitals facing another £9m cut

Shropshire’s two main hospitals could be asked to make further funding cuts of £9 million – on top of the £11m which bosses have already agreed.


Hospitals boss puts family first to take up new role

Shropshire’s top hospital boss this afternoon described how it had been a ‘difficult decision’ to quit his post, as he said family reasons were behind his move to another health organisation.


Hospitals boss Adam Cairns off to a new job

Shropshire’s top hospital boss is quitting for a new job, it was revealed today.


Wrong lenses given to two Shropshire cataract patients

Two patients were given the wrong strength lenses during cataract operations carried out in Shropshire, a meeting of health bosses has been told.


Royal Shrewsbury Hospital cancer treatment workload under threat

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will be unable to provide cancer treatment unless bosses approve plans to spend nearly £3 million on replacing an ageing but crucial piece of equipment, it was revealed today.


Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Rainbow Unit battle pledge

Campaigners were today urged to keep up the battle to save services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and warned: “Once they are moved they will never come back.”


Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Rainbow Unit under threat

A purpose built children’s cancer centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital could be demolished under plans for a shake-up of hospital services in the county, it was revealed this afternoon.


Princess Royal Hospital named by GPs in health scandal

Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital has been named in a survey of hospitals in which a third of GPs claimed patients had received ‘dangerously sub-standard care’.


Stroke patient left on hospital trolley for 80 minutes

A woman was left unattended on a trolley in a corridor for nearly an hour-and-a-half at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital just days before she died of a brain haemorrhage, it was revealed today.


Doctors left swab in patient after surgery

A swab was left inside a patient who underwent surgery at one of Shropshire’s two main hospitals, it was today revealed.


Campaigners demand public inquiry on Shropshire hospitals

Campaigners fighting plans to shake-up services at Shropshire’s two main hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford today vowed that they would fight for a public inquiry.


NHS bosses say Shropshire GP referrals on target

Health bosses today said they were on course to hit national targets for the amount of time it takes to treat Shropshire patients after referral from a GP.


Shropshire patients promised protected mealtimes

Meal times will be ‘protected’ at the two main hospitals in Shropshire to ensure patients can eat in peace without interruptions from medical staff.


Shropshire hospital meal costs fall below average

Bosses at Shropshire’s two main hospitals are spending just over £2.40 on every meal served up to patients, figures showed today.


MP Daniel Kawczynski vows to force NHS debate

Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski today vowed to try to secure another House of Commons debate over a planned £35 million shake-up of Shropshire’s hospital services.


Shrewsbury MP slams hospital downgrade scheme

Health bosses should have done more to try to secure funding to improve the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital instead of pushing ahead with plans to downgrade its services, the town’s MP Daniel Kawczynski claimed today.

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