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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.

Steve Williamson, Chief Executive for RCHT speaking to staff about the Staff Survey Results, around a table outside.

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.

Robin Jones, Chief Operating Officer, visited the Histopathology team to congratulate the RCHT Cancer Action Board

Robin Jones, Chief Operating Officer, visits the Histopathology team

Robin 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

Colleagues from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and Integrated Care Board have delivered our very first Orthopaedic Super Clinic.

Community imaging clinic staff examining a patient.

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.

Group of cyclists from Pendennis Shipyard holding their bikes.

Pendennis team get on their bikes for charity

Pendennis 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.

Key people from Kier, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and the community gather together at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Outpatient Department at West Cornwall Hospital.

Ground-breaking ceremony marks the start of new Outpatient Department construction works at West Cornwall Hospital

The 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.

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