Cascade Live
Nominations are open for our Moving to Excellence Awards
This is a new bi-monthly reward and recognition scheme that celebrates the outstanding dedication and commitment of colleagues and teams.
There will be five winners every other month, one for each division.
Nominate by Thursday 29 May.
Winner announced in next month’s Cascade.
Nominate here
Moving to Excellence: Our performance
How we are doing
What we are doing
• UEC 4 hour standard – continuing to see high ED attendances
• RTT - continued drive down of long waits with zero patients over 65 weeks by Q1 on target to be achieved
• RTT – total (English & Welsh) waiting list has reduced by over 16% since last Summer
• RTT – total (English & Welsh) patients waiting over 52 weeks has reduced by over 55% since last Summer
• Diagnostics - DM01 performance improved again in March to 78.2%
• Cancer – 28-day FDS remains challenged at 62.5% in March
Volunteer drivers supporting UEC
• UEC – implementation of two modular wards at RSH planned for end of year
• UEC – Multi Agency Discharge Event (MADE) to reduce patient discharge delays
• Cancer Services - changing focus on improving pathways with new analyser tool in place
• Elective Recovery - launched the Planned Care Recovery Assurance Committee which has four workstreams: Diagnostics, Productivity, Outpatients & Digital
• Outpatients - launch of DrDoctor app in ENT which allows patients to access appointments digitally
Our fantastic volunteer team is supporting our UEC Stronger Together ambitions by trialling new volunteer ‘Discharge Drivers’.
The volunteer drivers will be based in the discharge lounges to start with and will take patients who are able to travel in a car, back to their home.
It is hoped this initiative will speed up discharge and support patients who may not be eligible for patient transport and so would struggle to get home or have long waits for collection.
Stronger Together - transforming UEC is everyone’s responsibility.
Stronger Together: Transformation Forum
• This is a real opportunity for us to try new things
• We have been asking colleagues to share their ideas for how we can improve care and live within our budget
• These are being worked through by our new Transformation Forum, with some already resolved
• Hot topics include printing costs, digitising more services, and repairing items before buying new
• We want to harness your ideas to make meaningful, lasting changes
• You are the experts in your areas so please share your ideas, big and small – sath.strongertogether@nhs.net
Looking after our estates
• We are seeing beds (£2,000 each) that are damaged beyond economical use – this will result in nearly 60 beds being condemned across the Trust.
• Repairing these comes at a cost and there is only so much maintenance our Estates teams can doplease help us to look after them.
• To help us stop and think about every pound we spend
• Everyone at SaTH has a role to play in this
• Big transformation programmes to help us drive improvementsbut we mustn’t forget about the ‘little things’ too • The changes we make can have a positive impact on patient experience and the environment, as well as finances • We are all taxpayers – treat every pound as if it
Moving to Excellence: HTP
The Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP) is a key part of the overarching plan to transform health and care services across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Powys.
• At the end of March, we marked the first area of the new building reaching structural completion with a Topping Out ceremony – the whole structure is expected to complete at the end of 2026
• Thank you to colleagues in block 31/admin corridor for their patience as we progress with work to connect the new building to the existing estate.
• The next pop-up session for staff will take place on Wednesday 11 June, 1-3pm in the Women and Children’s atrium at PRH
• Divisions are working on their clinical pathways and workforce models, prior to commencing the Management of Change with staff in 2026. Transition planning workshop being held in June to start planning the logistics and sequencing of moves and working to refresh cross-site transfer plan
Final concrete pour of area 1 taking place
Topping out ceremony for area 1
Moving to Excellence: Modular Wards
• Pleased to share work has recommenced with Module Co on the additional wards at RSH
• We are working hard to have the wards ready during winter 2025/26
• Our updated planning application has been submitted to Shropshire Council
• Subject to planning permission, the wards will be located at the back of the site near the surgical wards
• Survey and enabling works are now underway with HTP, Integrated Health Projects (IHP)
• The majority of construction will be completed offsite, leading to less disturbance for our colleagues, patients and visitors
Our estate: Car parking
Parking permits
If you have registered for either permit on the GroupNexus platform, please take the time to double check your vehicle details. We have recently issued PCNs to staff who have either not updated their permit with a new vehicle, or who have entered an incorrect registration number. For example, using an O instead of a 0. Please follow the appeals process on the back of the PCN if you feel you have been incorrectly charged.
Purple zone car park
The purple zone parking area near the Treatment Centre is for on call or cross site staff. We are currently reviewing the use of this area by twilight staff as more groups of staff are now able to use the Park & Ride. For on-call /cross-site clinical workers you must be pre-registered on an exemption list. For twilight workers you must have a permit issued by your department. All staff parking in this area must also pay for a permit. If you feel you qualify to park in this area, please email sth-tr.carparking@nhs.net
Thank you to everyone who is making the most of the sunshine and using the site at Oxon to Park & Walk and to all the cyclists who are helping to alleviate traffic on
Information Governance: Using mobile messaging apps
In some circumstances, it is appropriate to use mobile messaging to communicate with colleagues and patients/service users.
Commercial and off-the-shelf applications may be used where there is no practical alternative, and the benefits outweigh the risk. You should check with your IG team what your organisational policy is, such as whether it has approved a specific app for use, and in which circumstances.
Mobile messaging can be useful in health and care settings, particularly in emergency situations, but you should take sufficient steps to safeguard confidentiality. A series of tips that will help you to use mobile messaging safely and keep information confidential are available here: Using mobile messaging - NHS Transformation Directorate
Update from Risk Management Team
The risk management team supports teams Trust-wide with clinical and non-clinical risks. We provide assurance that the Trust is providing high quality care in a safe environment and that it is complying with legal and regulatory requirements. Below is a table that demonstrates how each division is managing its risks that affect its achievement of the Trust’s strategic objectives.
Meet the team: Hospital at Night Team
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Further Information and contact details: SaTH Intranet - Hospital at Night
The Hospital at Night Team is a dedicated group of Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Support Workers with a diverse range of skills and competencies to ensure the immediate needs and safety of patients out of hours.
Through close collaboration, the team delivers timely, high-quality care to medical patients, prioritising those who are deteriorating on the ward. While their primary focus is on medical patients, they can also provide support for deteriorating patients in other specialties or assessment areas, working within their scope of practice and professional competencies.
Leanne James, Clinical Support Worker
Chris Bakehouse, Clinical Support Worker
Fiona Boddy, Nurse Practitioner
O’Neil, Clinical Lead/Matron
Nikki Eleuterio, Nurse Practitioner
Casey Mackenzie, Trainee Nurse Practitioner
Recognising our colleagues
We recently celebrated International Day of the Midwife, International Nurses’ Day and Operating Department Practitioners’ Day. Thank you to all our heroes.
We have so many exciting events and activities happening across the Trust.
Our new What’s On at SaTH incorporates all key corporate, recognition and EDI events and activity in one place, making it easier for you to see what you can get involved in throughout the year. Please do use it and share it amongst your teams, and if you have any ideas of things to include, please contact sath.commsteam@nhs.net.
Find the What’s On here
Inclusion: News and events
Updates to staff networks
• Paula Gardener is the new executive sponsor of the Multi Faith and Belief Network
• Jo Williams and Anna Milanec are interim executive sponsors of the Race Equality and Inclusion Network
• Ned Hobbs is the new executive sponsor of the Pride Network
• Thank you to Kate Ballinger for all her hard work as co-chair of the DAWN network, Jo Sawyer and Rachel Taylor will be taking over as co-chairs in the interim.
The Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) and Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) staff survey questions are available to view on the staff survey dashboard so managers and colleagues can really see their detail through an EDI lens.
Upcoming staff network meetings
Multi Faith & Belief staff network meeting
MS Teams, Monday 19 May, 12-12.45pm
DAWN staff network meeting
MS Teams, Thursday 17 July, 1-2pm
Race, Equality & Inclusion staff network meeting
MS Teams, Wednesday 18 June, 11am-12pm
LGBT+ staff network meeting
MS Teams, Friday 13 June 1-2pm
