Category: General news
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).
RCHT winners at QiC dermatology awards
An innovative new ‘super clinic’, which is set up to treat patients with a diagnosis of mycosis fungoides cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MF-CTCL) at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, has won an award in the Patient Care Pathway, Secondary and Community category, at this year’s Quality in Care (QiC) Dermatology Awards.
Home Haemodialysis Suite transforms lives
Thanks to kind donations and fundraising for RCHT Charity the Renal Ward at Royal Cornwall Hospital’s NHS Trust was able to fund a home haemodialysis training suite.
RCHT welcomes Lord Markham CBE
Lord Markham’s visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital underlined the Government’s commitment to our new Women and Children’s Hospital, scheduled to open in 2028.
West Cornwall Hospital’s Urgent Treatment Centre extends hours in time for busiest summer weeks
From today, Monday 31 July, the Urgent Treatment Centre at West Cornwall Hospital will be open from 8am until midnight, seven days a week
Disruption to St Michael’s Hospital Telephones – Tuesday 25th July 2023
On Tuesday 25th July 2023 between 9am – 12 Noon there will be up to three hours downtime on external incoming calls to St Michael’s Hospital.
Mermaid Project enters its final phase of work
We’re just over 8 months into the 12-month programme to replace three mammography scanners with associated works within the Mermaid Centre
Strikes will cause major disruption, says top NHS Dr
Major disruption caused by industrial action over the next fortnight will have a serious impact on the NHS
NHS 75 Photography shortlist announced
A shortlist of the 75 NHS colleagues and volunteers who took part in a photography competition to mark 75 years of our NHS has been announced, with images including a portrait of Britain’s oldest volunteer – 102-year-old Beryl Carr – and a patient playing the violin during her brain surgery.
New service for Radiotherapy patients launched at RCHT
Last year, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust launched a pilot programme for a Late Effects service across the South West. The Late Effects Clinic is aimed specifically towards patients who have had previous radiotherapy to either their breast or pelvic areas and are struggling with any pain and/or discomfort following their initial treatment.
