League of Friends Royal Shrewsbury Hospital General News category
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 [...]
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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 [...]
40 years ago, at the age of 23 years, Joy started volunteering. Emma helps out in one of the Friends’ hospital shops every Friday afternoon after she finishes college, and also during the holidays; she hopes to become a nurse in the near future. Joy and Emma were joined by volunteers Colin Roscoe who, at the age of 85, cycles [...]
Did you know over the last 3 years The League of Friends of the RSH has donated the following equipment: £1m MRI scanner 15 Dialysis machines Day Surgery trolleys Blood pressure machine Two Ultra-sound scanners Breast screening machine Dementia therapy system Bladder scanner ECG recorders & 17 Patient monitors Bereavement Swan boxes Syringe pumps Ophthalmology equipment Two Microscopes for the [...]
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A new £1 million MRI scanner at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has been helping to reduce waiting and travel times for cardiac patients. The League of Friends of the RSH bought the scanner last year after raising £1 million to fund it to mark their 50th anniversary. It was the third new MRI scanner for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust [...]
This year’s annual League of Friends Christmas Draw took place at Theatre Severn with the winning tickets being drawn by the lead characters in this year’s pantomime Mother Goose. Richard Lawn, Executive Chairman of the Friends said, "The League of Friends Christmas Raffle has become something of a tradition, but one that continues to bring good tidings to the patients [...]
Two microscopes have been very generously funded by the League of Friends. Cellular Pathology is a laboratory based specialty which is fundamental to the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment. The Cellular Pathology department receives over 30000 histology and non-gynaecological cytology specimens each year and produces around 130000 stained slides, these are all examined by a team of 11 Pathologists. [...]
