A great success for the first Orthopaedic Super Clinic
4 March 2024Colleagues from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and Integrated Care Board have delivered our very first Orthopaedic Super Clinic.
Transformational community skin imaging clinics speed up diagnosis and treatment for patients
27 February 2024A 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
26 February 2024The new assessment system, which is being rolled-out nationally, will boost high levels of patient safety and patient experience.
Pendennis team get on their bikes for charity
26 February 2024Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth has earned a global reputation for the superyachts it builds, restores and refits. Now some of the company’s 500-strong workforce are also focusing on a less glamorous form of transport – bikes.
Ground-breaking ceremony marks the start of new Outpatient Department construction works at West Cornwall Hospital
22 February 2024The first turf has been cut by Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s Chief Executive Steve Williamson, as a £9 million project to build a new Outpatient Department at West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance gets underway.
National industrial action update
20 February 2024This 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
16 February 2024It 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.
The start of a new surgical hub in St Austell
15 February 2024A groundbreaking ceremony has been held, marking the start of work on a new state-of-the-art elective surgical hub in Cornwall.
The £15 million modular build will be located in the grounds of St Austell Community Hospital.
Work Starts to Extend Gravel Pit Staff Car Park
8 February 2024Work starts on Monday 12th February 2024 to extend the Gravel Pit Car Park, which will provide 176 new spaces for staff on the land to the east of the current car park area.