Royal Cornwall Hospital

Royal Cornwall Hospital
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Entrance to the Royal Cornwall Hospital
Shown in Cornwall
Geography
Location Treliske, Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 50°16′00″N 5°05′30″W / 50.2667°N 05.0916°W / 50.2667; -05.0916Coordinates: 50°16′00″N 5°05′30″W / 50.2667°N 05.0916°W / 50.2667; -05.0916
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Teaching
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 760
History
Founded 1968
Links
Website http://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/
Lists Hospitals in England

The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized teaching hospital in Treliske, on the outskirts of Truro, Cornwall, England. The hospital provides training services for the University of Exeter Medical School.[1] It is managed by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.

History

The new hospital at Treliske, which initially included 180 beds and 6 wards,[2] was opened by Princess Alexandra on 12 July 1968.[3] Services were transferred from the Royal Cornwall Infirmary to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in the mid-1990s.[4]

The Trelawny Wing (named after Sir Jonathan Trelawny)[5] was built at a cost of £27 million and officially opened in 1998. The work, which took six years of planning and development, marked the completion of the conversion of the Royal Cornwall Hospital into the main district general hospital for Cornwall. The wing ensured facilities in Cornwall were equal to those found in any of the other district general hospitals in the country.[6]

David Cameron's younger daughter was born in the Princess Alexandra Maternity Unit, named after the princess who opened the hospital, while David and Samantha Cameron were on holiday in Cornwall in August 2010.[7]

Performance

The Royal Cornwall Hospital was one of 17 hospitals across the UK named as failing to provide enough staff "to keep people safe and meet their health and welfare needs" by the Care Quality Commission in January 2013.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Knowledge Spa". University of Exeter. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fifty years of caring for Cornwall's patients at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske". West Briton. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Court Circular". Times. London, England. 13 July 1968. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Royal Cornwall Infirmary during the First World War". Royal Cornwall Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Who was Trelawny?". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Employer details". www.nursingnetuk.com. Nursing Net UK. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Alleyne, Richard (24 August 2010). "The Camerons' hospital has chequered past". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Seventeen NHS hospitals have dangerously low numbers of nurses". Telegraph. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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