Three years ago, sport loving Rio Thomas was diagnosed with diabetes. As a talented footballer, Rio was concerned it would really affect his ability to play at the level he wanted to. However, that was not the case. Since his diagnosis, Rio, now aged 14, has played football at county level and this season is playing football, rugby and is a long distance runner for his school Fowey River Academy.
It’s arrived! The doors to Truro’s Birth Centre are now open and the team are eagerly awaiting the moment when they will be able to announce the birth of the first baby.
The drug, called ribociclib, has been shown to slow the progression of advanced breast cancer by at least 10 months and can delay the need for chemotherapy, giving women the chance to live a normal life for longer.
A £2 million investment in new CT and X-Ray equipment has begun at West Cornwall Hospital.
This week, the go-live of a new Inventory Management system in RCH’s Cath labs, marked the first step in what will be a dramatic transformation to how the Trust manages Inventory as part of the Scan4Safety Programme. As one of only 6 demonstrator sites in the country, RCHT is leading the way for the NHS […]
RCHT now has Addaction outreach workers within its safeguarding team whose role will be to support patients with alcohol or drug addiction. The Addaction Hospital Outreach Team (HOT) consists of two workers: Joanne Sutcliffe and Lee Derrick.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its report on Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust following the inspection in July 2017. At the same time the CQC has also published the report of a review it conducted in April on the wider health and social care system in Cornwall.
As part of World Sepsis Day, we have launched a patient video about a lady called Sarah, a patient at RCHT who was treated for Sepsis.
Teams from Royal Cornwall Hospitals battled wind and rain to compete in this year’s Cornwall Pretty Muddy 5K.
CHT was pleased to welcome members of the Royal College of Physicians of London this week as the RCP Charter Cycle made its first stop in the South West.
