In the News Today

Today's Topics

• Top Midwife visits Cornish birth units 
• Phoenix Stroke Appeal passes £300,000 mark!
• The view pf a patient's parent on Facebook 
• Staff Lottery Winners for July 
• Doctors' Mess Charity Social this Friday

NHS in the news today

• NHS needs to close wards and hospitals

• Very old 'missing out on basic heart care'

• NHS hospital loans under PFI in question

• Thousands of nurses cut from the NHS

Top Midwife visits Cornish birth units 

One of the UK’s top midwives, Royal College of Midwives President Professor Lesley Page, has spent two days visiting Cornwall’s maternity units. Professor Page took a tour of the Princess Alexandra (maternity) unit before heading on to visit Helston Birth Centre and Penrice Birthing Centre. Professor page was able to spend time talking to staff, mothers and families at each of the sites. Continue Reading|

Fact Of The Day

Patient View

Phoenix Stroke Appeal passes £300,000 mark!

The view of a patient's parent on our Facebook page..... 

“The three lovely ladies from Neonatal, [are] worth their weight in gold. They helped not only our son, but my wife and myself through some very, very hard times...and I’ll be appreciative for as long as I live."

Operational Items

Staff Lottery Winners for July 

Doctors' Mess Charity Social this Friday

Treliske Doctors’ Mess have organised a Charity Social at Vertigo in Truro this Friday (27th) and all are welcome.

The event is to welcome new doctors, bid adieu to the old (!) ones, and raise money for two charities. There will be dancing, music and raffles in support of Cornwall to Cape Town, a 11,000 mile journey three of the junior doctors will be embarking upon in the next few months. The trio are aiming to raise as much cash as possible for Medecins Sans Frontieres and Gondar (Ethiopia) Eye Charity and money raised at the evening will be go towards those causes. For more info see www.cornwalltocapetown.com|