Scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, but it is highly infectious. Therefore, look out for symptoms in your child, which include a sore throat, headache, and fever, along with a fine, pinkish or red body rash with a sandpapery feel.
Christmas is here and at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity we want to spread festive cheer amongst NHS colleagues across the Trust, by launching Christmas KitKat of Kindness.
The Sunrise Centre at the Royal Cornwall Hospital has welcomed its first patients to the newly kitted out CT scanning room, following the installation of a brand new “Big Bore” radiotherapy scanner and a three-month refit of the CT scanning and control rooms.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity is inviting everyone across the county to help Cornwall’s only acute hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, shine brightly for the festive season by sponsoring a Christmas star.
Lowen Ward has moved into its new temporary home, on the Ground Floor of the Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Tremenel Unit. This is a short-term move for around 19 weeks until the brand-new MRI and Oncology/Haematology Unit opens at the end of March 2023
World Prematurity Day on 17 November is one of the most important days in the year to raise awareness of the challenges of preterm birth. This year, the Neonatal Team from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have used the occasion to launch a welcome bag for parents and neonatal families as part of their KNest Neonatal Support relaunch.
People no longer recognise the 65 year old from St Blazey, after he lost nearly 6 stone as a result of being on a research trial which aims to improve cardiovascular health
Francesca Brett, a Supported Housing Service Team Leader from Helston, was preparing for her wedding party and 30th birthday when she received the devastating diagnosis of Triple Positive Breast Cancer. <
The Outpatient Transformation Team at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust are winners of the Digitising Patient Services category at the Health Technology News Awards 2022.
The introduction of a Major Trauma Response Car, operating out of Royal Cornwall Hospital, means that patients suffering serious injury, for example at a road traffic accident, may no longer need to come via Royal Cornwall Hospital on their way to receive care at one of the region’s major trauma centres.
