Help stop the spread of Norovirus
12 March 2024Visiting 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
11 March 2024The 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
8 March 2024The 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.
Robin Jones, Chief Operating Officer, visits the Histopathology team
6 March 2024Robin Jones, Chief Operating Officer, visited the Histopathology team to congratulate the RCHT Cancer Action Board on being described as “an exemplary model” of governance of cancer by the Peninsula Cancer Alliance and see the brand new lab.
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.