The Silent Hospital pilot has quietened down the post-natal ward which has led to faster discharges.

The 'quiet' hospital ward helping new mums and babies get home faster

Layth Tameem the Lead for Obstetric Anaesthesia at Royal Cornwall Hospital says the news is upsetting and disappointing 

A £291million pound project to build a new Women and Children’s Hospital in Cornwall is in doubt after the government announced a review. 

Doctor 'disappointed and upset' by uncertainty over new hospital

Kate from Bude also spent 12 hours in a corridor waiting to be seen at the Treliske hospital.

Woman had eight-hour wait in the back of an ambulance for hospital bed

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust employs approximately 6,700 staff.

Recruitment freeze announced at Cornwall hospitals amid £3.5m deficit

 Dr Luliu Stan subjected patients to unnecessary intimate procedures. A law firm that represents 25 of his former patients is calling on others to come forward.

Patient told he’d been victim of disgraced doctor five years after in NHS letter

A former senior Army officer died after waiting more than four hours in the back of an ambulance stuck outside a busy hospital because there was no bed for him, an inquest has heard. Colonel John Codd, 88, died in Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on January 16 this year after suffering a fall earlier that day.

Colonel John Codd, 88, died in Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro on 16 January this year after suffering a fall earlier that day.

Retired Army colonel ‘died after four-hour ambulance delay outside hospital’

Hospitals at Treliske and Derriford have both declared critical incidents in recent weeks.

New care hubs tackle shortage of GP appointments and hospital pressures

Liz Brockhurst also had to wait 11 hours in the back of the ambulance when she arrived at hospital.

'I was in terrible pain' - grandmother waits 14 hours for ambulance 

People are being urged to seek treatment elsewhere until pressure on the hospital eases.

Man with severe hand injuries turned away from A&E during 'critical incident'

Cornwall's top coroner called on the government take action to prevent future patients in the area from dying avoidable deaths.

Coroners slam 'burnt-out' health system in damning report into deaths

The Royal Cornwall Hospital wants every new chemotherapy patient to receive a special gift box.

The amazing nurses helping people through chemo with a little 'box of kindness'

The Royal Cornwall Hospital and Derriford Hospital in Plymouth are at Opel level four, meaning they are unable to deliver comprehensive care.

Bed-blocking blamed as Devon and Cornwall hospitals on highest alert

The NHS in Cornwall has released a new film to try to avoid unnecessarily long waits at the county's only emergency department.

Holidaymakers with minor injuries should think twice before attending A&E

A man from a village in Cornwall has been released on bail in connection to a murder investigation. 

Police issue update on murder investigation after woman died at hospital

Enquiries in to the incident are ongoing. 

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