New Virtual CNS in Hepatology, or “Cyber Nurse”, allows one-to-one clinics be conducted remotely
During the past twelve months, hospitals across the country have had to change the way they work.
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Colleagues from the RCHT lead improvements in sustainability
A nurse from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has helped to inspire new initiatives around the recycling of sterile plastics
Healthcare Science Week 2021 – Highlighting some of the Cardiac team
Joshua Morton, Bradley Cock, Duane Smith, Samantha Kodola
Healthcare Science Week 2021 – Pathology and Covid Testing
The first tests for coronavirus were done on 18th March 2020. Since then we have done 105,000 PCR tests on patients and staff and 48000 antibody tests since June 2020.
Healthcare Science Week 2021 – Radiotherapy Physics
The radiotherapy physics team is responsible for a multitude of activities within RCHT and the Sunrise Centre
Health and social care job vacancies need filling now
An appeal is going out to people with varying levels of skills and experience to join or re-join the social care and health sector in Cornwall and help with the ongoing response to the pandemic.
How to keep in touch with your loved ones this Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is going to be different once again this year; with national restrictions on households mixing outside of established bubbles meaning families and loved ones will not be able to celebrate in the usual way.
Healthcare Science Week 2021 – A day in the life of a chemistry biomedical scientist
“I am a Biomedical Scientist who works in the Clinical Chemistry laboratory of the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Covid-19 has had a large impact on the way we work across the whole of Pathology.”
Healthcare Science Week 2021 – Pathology
What is Pathology? There are 19 different specialities under the umbrella of Pathology, including: Clinical biochemistry Haematology Medical microbiology Transfusion medicine Histopathology Cytopathology Immunology And many more… Did you know… Around 95% of clinical pathways rely on patients having access to pathology services. 14 tests for each person in England and Wales are performed annually. […]
New service to support parents to stop smoking during pregnancy and beyond
The NHS recently set out a national ambition to halve this rate as set out in the “Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle” with an ambition of achieving a smoking in pregnancy rate of 6%. In Cornwall our rate is currently around 15%, far too high.
