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To read our Autumn 2020 Newsletter please click here.

Richard Lawn,  Executive Chairman of the Friends said  “I am delighted that in these difficult times the League has once again brought some cheer to our supporters through our Summer Raffle whilst at the same time raising more funds for vital equipment for the RSH. Of course Covid greatly restricted our direct ticket sales this year so takings were lower [...]

Since the lockdown began the League of Friends RSH have continued to provide a service and  since March has kept one of its main hospital shops in the Ward block open for the benefit of hospital NHS staff, plus providing an extra daily service of pre-order food hampers to help the staff after a long and exhausting day; this service [...]

The Friends of Royal Shrewsbury Hospital paid for portable monitoring modules for ITU critical care and theatres. The monitors will be needed for patient transfer activity, which is expected to increase in critical care departments due to COVID 19. The patient would be on a fixed vital signs monitoring system and if the patient then needs to be transferred to [...]

The League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital are playing their part by keeping one of their main shops situated in the Ward block open 7 days a week, on a skeleton staff. The shop is continuing to offer a much needed service to our marvellous NHS staff, in addition to the normal range of products and has also [...]

To read our Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter please click here.

For over 30 years the Friends of the RSH have been providing flower displays to celebrate the four seasons.  Hospital staff, patients and  visitors  alike appreciate the flowers which brighten up the waiting and reception areas and bring just a little festive cheer. In the last ten months the Friends of the RSH have gifted in the region of £330,000 [...]

Ground breaking 3D software which will help to virtually plan surgery and reconstruction for cancer and trauma patients has been introduced at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). It has been made possible thanks to a generous donation of nearly £50,000 from a patient and the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The donation has [...]

To read our Autumn/Spring 2020 Newsletter please click here.

With investment from the League of Friends, the Radiology Department has been able to purchase four sets of reporting monitors. By having these monitors in place it ensure that radiologists and advanced radiographers have the necessary equipment to provide a clinical report for patient imaging. It also enables further training of radiographers and radiology registrars. With this investment the radiology [...]