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News
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New service for treating patients with bladder cancer is launched at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
The new Transurethral laser ablation service has been supported by teams at Derriford Hospital and provides a positive change in treatment for patients.
Monkeypox update
UKHSA has advised that cases of monkeypox have increased recently but the risk to the UK population remains low.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is celebrated at this year’s PAFTAS (Paediatric Awards)
The RCHT was nominated in several categories and won three awards, including Team of the Year, shared jointly.
Post Operative Ice Lollies
Fab, Rocket Lolly, Mini Milk? We all have a favourite ice lolly to refresh you on a warm sunny day, but here at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, lollies are being enjoyed all year round thanks to a project devised by Dr Libby Fontaine, Dr Tom Bevir and Christian Valenzuela to be used in Paediatric Recovery.
A new CT scanner commissioned
Exciting news this week, as our newly commissioned GE scanner in CT2 received its first patient on Tuesday 7th June.
Critical Care Healing Garden goes to the Royal Cornwall Show
RCHT Charity, together with the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust’s Critical Care, Organ Donation and Building Brilliance teams, will be creating a “Healing Garden in Miniature” at the Royal Cornwall Show, taking place at the Wadebridge Showground this week, 9th – 11th June 2022.
New project to give ice lollies to post-op paediatric patients has potential to aid recovery and wellbeing
A new project implemented by colleagues in tower theatres will see age-appropriate patients being given an ice lolly following operations. Christian Valenzuela, Team Lead for Ears, Nose, Throat and Maxillofacial Operating Theatres at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and Dr Libby Fontaine, Anesthetic Registrar, explain why.
RCHT Clinical Nurse Specialist appointed Clinical Champion for Prostate Cancer UK
Clinical Nurse Specialist from the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust secures a place on the Clinical Champions Programme for Prostate Cancer UK
Memorandum of Understanding represents exciting step forward in the RCHT’s ambition to become a University Teaching Hospital
A formal agreement between Falmouth University and the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust will build on a spirit of collaborative working, enabling both parties to build on existing clinical research and health education, and to nurture new opportunities for the ultimate benefit of patient care.
