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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust hits national patients target

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News from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH)

The Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has hit a national patients target for the first time in over a year.

Data shows SaTH hit the 92% referral to treatment (RTT) target in September – the first time they have achieved this since May 2016.

Performance in September 2017 was 93%, which means just 7% of patients waited longer than 18 weeks between seeing their GP and having treatment at hospital.

Sara Biffen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, said:

“Tackling this issue has been one of our top priorities, and this milestone is great for our patients and marks a fantastic achievement for our staff.

“We had an improvement trajectory which demonstrated delivery of the RTT standard from September, which we achieved. We did this by weekly patient tracking meetings with each of the specialty teams, and improved administration and patient processes.”

The Trust, which runs The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, continues to hit the Cancer Care targets, with 88.10% of patients in September being referred for urgent treatment within 62 days. The target is 85%.

Further information

  • The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital care for almost 500,000 people from Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Patients come to us from Telford, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Newtown and Welshpool in Powys.
  • The Trust continues to work with its partners in health and social care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales to develop patient-focused services that meet the needs of our communities.
  • If you have any feedback about local healthcare, independent support and signposting is available from Healthwatch Shropshire, Healthwatch Telford and Wrekin and Powys Community Health Council (CHC):