Aside from the normal grief that families and friends feel with the loss of a loved one, during these extraordinary times with the Covid19 Pandemic, many will experience the added distress of not being able to be physically at a bed side or hold a loved one’s hand.
RCHT has joined the fight against Coronavirus by recruiting COVID-19 patients to participate in a ground-breaking new study of the disease performed by the partnership between the GenOMICC Study Consortium (led by the University of Edinburgh) and Genomics England. The study, announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on 13th May will help us better understand the virus’ varied effects on people and support the search for treatments.
Every day we see positive clips of patients being clapped as they leave Critical Care Units across the world and take their first steps towards recovery from Covid 19.
In October 2016 the Royal Cornwall Hospital Choir held a 24-hour Singathon to support the Trust’s Birth And Baby Appeal. As a finale to this event, a friend of the choir wrote some new words for a well-known tune.
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As today is International Day of the Midwife, we are looking at some of the recent initiatives our maternity services have launched to provide better care and support for parents and their babies.
Patient Leonard Whitehurst was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on the 16th March with…
Covid-19 Research Team is running a growing portfolio of studies at the RCHT
Health and care professionals across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are backing a major new drive across the country to…
We know that it’s really hard for people to be unable to visit family, friends and loved-ones whilst they are in hospital during the coronavirus outbreak.
