Emergency Care, Inclusion, and Accessibility

What this episode covers

(1:02) Chief medical officer, Allister Grant, is in the studio to talk about our new same day emergency care unit at West Cornwall Hospital and the new surgical hub that’ll soon open at St Austell Community Hospital. (20:19) Royal Cornwall Hospitals’ associate director of equality, diversity and inclusion, Rachel Cowley is in the studio with us alongside Dr Rohan Chauhan who is equality diversity and inclusion lead at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. And they’re here to talk about South Asian Heritage Month(31:15) Glyn Belt gives Laura a ward manager’s perspective on the new Same Day Medical Assessment unit at West Cornwall Hospital. (36:17) We’ll be hearing from members of our accessibility advisory group about how the hospital is working to improve the site for every member of our community. We also have two green tips from Eve Tucker this week, one with recognising plastic free July and an update on the green spaces across Royal Cornwall Hospital’s site. Tune in live to The RCHT Radio Show for new interviews every Tuesday from 12pm to 2pm! Listen on CHBN, broadcasting on 100.8 FM in the Truro area, or stream online at chbnradio.org. You can also catch us on the CHBN radio app or simply ask your smart speaker to play CHBN radio.To all Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust staff: We welcome your stories and good news! If you have something to share or if there's a topic you'd like us to explore, please contact us at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you.

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