Behaviours & Values Month

This week marks the start of our Values and Behaviours month.

During the month of July we want you to tell us how the Values and Behaviours have been brought to life for you, this could be something you have seen, something you have done or maybe something your team has done. It’s important that we all take responsibility for bringing the Values an Behaviours to life so please take part in some of the activities we have planned –including:  Values and Behaviours drop in sessions – find out how the

Values and Behaviours were developed and take part in discussions about how we bring them to life.  Tell your story – book in with us to tell us your Values and behaviours story, it could be a something you are proud of or something your team are proud of. Take a look at the videos we have created where our people talk about what the Values men to them.  A number of workshops will be taking place throughout

July underpinned by our

Values and Behaviours, whether you attend our corporate welcome and induction, resilience workshops, leadership masterclass sessions or team behaviour workshops throughout July let us know how you are putting the

Values and Behaviours into practice.  Our Trust virtual Values

Awards will take place tonight—get involved in celebrating the fantastic achievements of our people here at the Trust. We have lots of people and teams who have been nominated for an award, find out who has been nominated and if you are a winner? Find out on by going to Live Stream - The

Shrewsbury and Telford

Hospital NHS Trust (trustawards.co.uk)

 Take a look at our health and wellbeing package, created using the Trust Values. Our

Ambition is to ensure the effective wellbeing of our workforce and in doing so we are Partnering with other organisations such as the

Midlands, Partnership

Foundation Trust, Phoenix

Psychology, Care First and local providers to name a few in the creation of a package to cater for a wide range of wellbeing needs. As a Trust we need to Care for and support each other – by being respectful and taking notice we can all help in creating a healthy and prosperous environment. Our wellbeing package is delivered by

qualified and experienced professionals adhering to professional standards ensuring that the quality of our service is upheld and seen as a Trusted service by our people. For further information about our Values and Behaviours go to

SaTH Intranet - PACT: Our Values

The Cultural Ambassadors Programme is due to begin on Tuesday 7 September 2021 with the application process closing shortly on Tuesday 20 July.

The programme is open to all staff and is designed to upskill delegates to identify and challenge discrimination and cultural bias in workforce-related processes. This can include recruitment processes, disciplinary processes, formal investigations and grievance hearings involving staff from BAME backgrounds. For more information, visit the intranet by clicking here.

Swan Fund reaches £60k

A fund set up to benefit patients who are receiving end of life care, and their families, at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has raised nearly £60,000 since its launch six years ago.

The Swan Fund was set up by Jules Lewis, End of Life Care Facilitator at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. Jules launched the Swan Fund in July 2015 with a £500 donation collected at the funeral of her own father, Harold, who died at the RSH. The fund has now grown to nearly £60,000. The generous donations have come from individuals, families, and organisations and they have helped to fund many improvements –including new Swan Rooms across both hospital sites which provide privacy and dignity for patients who at the end of their life, and their families. Most recently, the Swan Fund helped to purchase a skylight on ITU at PRH, and soothing mood lights for all wards. The Swan Fund also funds a Wedding Box which allows staff to plan a hospital wedding for a patient, decorate their room and toast the bride and groom; and there have been two weddings in the last 12 months. Jules said: “Since 10 July 2015 when I set the Swan Fund up, the fund has raised nearly £60,000. Considering the last 14 months, it is hard to believe that we have managed to raise on average £10,000 a year and we are so grateful to everyone who has donated. “We have seen a drop in donations over the last 12 months, so this is an incredible amount and I am very proud of all that the End of Life Care team has achieved thanks to such amazing support.” The fund is also supported by The League of Friends of the RSH and the Friends of PRH through Swan Memory Boxes, which can be used by relatives and loved ones to keep special items.