Catherine Wood, Virtual Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, has received the EASL “Rising Star” Award for Innovative Service Delivery. The award acknowledges the success of this relatively new virtual service, as well as the benefits it has brought to patients and supporting sustainable healthcare.
Three trainees from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have been awarded regional awards at this year’s MAFTAs (Medical Awards for Training Achievements.)
Below is a moving account from one of our research participants which demonstrates the impact on lives the can be achieved by working in Research & Development at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT).
Ysella Lees is currently finishing her MA in Professional Writing at Falmouth University. In addition to her studies, Ysella has been picking up shifts through Kernowflex at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
As part of a Remote and Restorative course for the RCHT, 30 doctors and 4 faculty, including emergency medicine consultants from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, took part in an exercise involving a launch of RNLI lifeboat, Rose. The lifeboat proceeded to Coverack, where it was met by the doctors, who were on kayaks, ready to take part in this on-the-water training exercise.
Consultant cardiologist, Dr Sen Devadathan, has won a national level teaching award at The British Cardiovascular Society’s annual conference, which was held in Manchester last month.
A team of researchers has published findings that show mutations in non-small cell lung and pancreatic cancers can be rapidly and effectively detected by carrying out testing on smaller tissue samples than those taken in current practice.
The team on the Neonatal Unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital, are a close-knit community of colleagues, with bonds formed through their very special work caring for the littlest patients in Cornwall’s only acute hospital.
A fantastic new children’s garden has been officially opened at the Royal Cornwall Hospital by Caroline Chappell, General Manager for Women, Children and HIV Services at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
A significant increase in COVID-19 cases and admissions has led to facemasks being reintroduced across Cornwall’s hospitals, including at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT).
