The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-locate ...

in Treliske, on the outskirts of

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro c ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...

, England. The hospital provides training services for the

University of Exeter , mottoeng = "We Follow the Light" , established = 1838 - St Luke's College1855 - Exeter School of Art1863 - Exeter School of Science 1955 - University of Exeter (received royal charter) , type = Public , ...

Medical School. It is managed by the

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 a ...

History

The new hospital at Treliske, which initially included 180 beds and six wards, was opened by Princess Alexandra on 12 July 1968. Services were transferred from the

Royal Cornwall Infirmary Royal Cornwall Infirmary was a hospital in the south of the centre of Truro, Cornwall, England. History The Royal Cornwall Infirmary was designed by William Wood, and paid for by public subscription. It had just 20 beds when it opened on 12 Augu ...

to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in the mid-1990s. The Trelawny Wing, named after

Sir Jonathan Trelawny Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (24 March 1650 – 19 July 1721) was an English Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Winchester. Trelawny is best known for his role in the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution which are s ...

, was built at a cost of £27million 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.

David Cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...

's younger daughter was born in the Princess Alexandra Maternity Unit, named after the princess who opened the hospital, while Cameron and his wife

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were on holiday in Cornwall in August 2010.

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Royal Cornwall Hospital on the NHS website

Inspection reports
from the

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