Category: General news
Major Construction Projects Shortlisted for National Awards
We are delighted to have been named as a finalist in two categories at this year’s Construction News Awards.
Help stop the spread of Norovirus
Visiting is restricted on some wards at our hospitals across Cornwall at present. Please phone the ward you are visiting to check before you set out. You will be able to visit if there are exceptional or compassionate circumstances, please discuss this with the nurse in charge.
Norovirus cases on rise in Cornwall, look after yourself, protect others
The common winter vomiting bug, Norovirus, is doing the rounds in Cornwall, and our NHS is asking for your help to stop the spread.
Results of the 2023 staff survey paint an improving picture for RCHT
The results of the 2023 staff survey are in, with the response showing significant improvements in all elements of the NHS People Promise, as well as in the national themes of staff engagement and morale.
Transformational community skin imaging clinics speed up diagnosis and treatment for patients
A new pop-up community imaging service is helping to speed up the process for checking for skin cancer, offering tests closer to people’s homes across the county to reduce waiting times.
Maternity services at RCHT to launch new triage system
The new assessment system, which is being rolled-out nationally, will boost high levels of patient safety and patient experience.
National industrial action update
This article provides information on upcoming industrial action (strikes). Regardless of any strike, it is vital that patients who need urgent medical care continue to come forward as normal, especially in emergency and life-threatening situations.
RCHT apprentices celebrated at Cornwall Apprenticeship Awards
It was an outstanding night for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals at last week’s Cornwall Apprenticeship awards, coming away with three top prizes and two highly commended awards.
Community endoscopy service, bringing patient care closer to home
A community trans-nasal endoscopy service delivered from Bodmin Hospital is now available.
RCHT Postgrad Team hosts new format PACES exams
The postgraduate at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is celebrating a highly successful ‘relaunch’ of the Practical Examination of Clinical Assessment Skills (PACES) exams which are hosted on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians (UK).
