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St Michael's Hospital, Hayle
St Michael's Hospital is a small hospital located in Hayle, Cornwall, England run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. History Following the donation by Miss Frances Ellis of some property in Hayle to the Daughters of the Cross, Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege in 1904, the Daughters of the Cross established a convent in The Downes, Miss Ellis's former manor house, and a hospital on an adjacent part of the site in 1913. After the Daughters of the Cross experienced some financial difficulties paying for the running of the hospital, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust acquired the hospital in November 2003. The convent became The Downes Residential Care Home at the same time. Services The hospital carries out approximately 5,000 operations each year and sees more than 17,000 outpatients each year. Its specialisms are breast surgery and orthopedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery. See also * Healthcare in Cornwall * List of hospitals in England References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs West Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, and St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, in Cornwall, England. History The trust was established as the Royal Cornwall Hospitals and West Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust on 1 November 1991, and became operational on 1 April 1992. It changed its name to its current name soon after on 9 June 1992. In June 2013, Martin Watts resigned from his post as Chair of the Trust after external investigations into two separate complaints were upheld. In October 2013, one of the trust's governors complained that the health and social care system in the county was dysfunctional because some elements of health care were no longer part of the NHS, but provided by what were "essentially private contractors". Community health services in the county are now provided by Peninsula Community Health The trust's plans to switch up to 450 jobs in catering, house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |