About The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid-Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys).

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury, which together provides 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

During 2012/13 the PRH became our main specialist centre for inpatient head and neck surgery with the establishment of a new head and neck ward and enhanced outpatient facilities. During 2013/14 it became our main centre for inpatient women and children’s services following the opening of the Shropshire Women and Children’s Centre in September 2014.

During 2012/13, the RSH became our main specialist centre for acute surgery with a new Surgical Assessment Unit, Surgical Short Stay Unit and ambulatory care facilities.

Alongside our services at PRH and RSH we also provide community and outreach services such as:

Consultant-led outreach clinics
Midwife-Led Units at Ludlow, Bridgnorth and Oswestry.
Renal dialysis outreach services at Ludlow Hospital.
Community services including midwifery, audiology and therapies.

We employ almost 6,000 staff, and hundreds of staff and students from other organisations also work in our hospitals. We benefit from hundreds of volunteers at the Trust and at our main charitable partners (SaTH Charity, the Friends of the Princess Royal Hospital, the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Lingen Davies Cancer Appeal).

In 2015 we began an exciting partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute In Seattle as part of our journey of improvement.

There are thriving postgraduate centres at both hospitals.

There are thriving postgraduate centres at both hospitals. The Shropshire Conference Centre at RSH enhances the already excellent reputation of the hospital for training junior staff, supporting seniors and continued professional development. Alongside this, the Learning Centre at RSH and the Education Centre at PRH mean that a wide range of teaching can be accommodated.

The postgraduate training programme is led by Mr Tom Crichlow, Director of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (consultant orthopaedic surgeon) and Dr Jenni Rowlands, (consultant radiologist).

Undergraduate Teaching Hospital

We are an undergraduate teaching hospital through our partnership with Keele University, with approximately 100 undergraduate students based here. Last year Keele University’s Medical School finished second in the league tables for student satisfaction, with only Oxford’s medical school rated higher, and fourth in the Guardian newspaper’s university league table for medicine, with only Oxford, Cambridge and University College London finishing higher.

The majority of consultants are involved with medical education and a substantial number have sessions seconded to the medical school and hold substantive or honorary university titles. There is a Dean and Deputy based at the Trust who oversee the delivery of the undergraduate curriculum and manage the academic staff. Academic staff perform many of the central roles of the Medical School including participation in admissions, examinations, GMC inspections, formal review of health, conduct, and progress of students and membership of senior committees.

There is a programme of faculty meetings and opportunities for formal teaching training both at the Trust and at the main university campus. We are a very high recruiter to national trials and for many trials we are the highest recruiter in the region. Given the academic pedigree of consultants appointed here, research continues to be an interest within departments and we are look forward to developing further academic links to enhance our research pedigree.

The undergraduate training programme is led by Dr Koottalai Srinivasan, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education (consultant in respiratory medicine). Medical Education is led by Dr John Jones.