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In 2022 we donated more than £300,000 worth of vital equipment to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. This including eight Intensive Therapy Unit ventilators; a widefield analyser for Ophthalmology and funds towards the new Cataract Suite; 10 syringe drivers for patients receiving end-of-life care; 12 arrhythmia monitors; two A&E communicators, [...]

Dear Member, Click here to read our Spring 2o23 Newsletter With so much going on in the world it is sometimes quite hard to not feel overwhelmed, yet by so many of us just doing a little, whatever it may be, can mean the world to someone. I feel all our volunteers and supporters like yourself are doing just that; [...]

The League of Friends Christmas Coffee morning held on the 12th December was a great success and raised £2,200, we were very grateful to the many local businesses who supported us with generous raffle prizes and for the marvellous stalls selling an array of festive items and homemade treats. Prestfelde School kindly let us use their Hall which provided the [...]

Dear Member, Click here to read our Autumn 2022 Newsletter As the leaves begin to fall and the air starts to feel crisper and a little cooler, we take time to reflect on the summers past. I hope you managed to enjoy the abundance of sunshine we were blessed with and have some lovely memories to look back on. Our [...]

The League of Friends four shops located in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital continue to offer a wonderful service with a smile to all its customers. All profits from the shops are put towards the purchase of hospital equipment to improve patient care. (In the photo;  Volunteers Phil Wells, Gillian Keates, Rose MacKune & Les Jones)

More than £2,500 has been raised by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s League of Friends (LoF) at their annual summer prize draw. All of the money raised from this Draw will be used to help purchase three Patient Vital Signs Monitors for the Day Care Unit, which cost a total of £10,000. Four winning tickets were drawn on Wednesday 17 August [...]

Dear Member, Click here to read our Spring/Summer 2022 Newsletter A new season has sprung and despite all that is happening in other parts of the world one thing remains constant, as a charity we continue to give as much support as we can to our local hospital, which in turn is helping so many people. As the days grow [...]

Former nurse Jill Wellings has just retired after nearly 60 years of volunteering at RSH. Jill started as a volunteer during her training as a nurse and then joined the RSH League of Friends (LoF) when it formed in 1966, helping out when its first shop opened at the Old Copthorne South in 1971. She has seen many changes over [...]

To read our Autumn 2021 Newsletter please click here.

Staff and volunteers from the League have been thanked during a special evening, hosted by Salop Leisure. Read the article in full and see pictures on the Shropshire Star website.