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Nuclear Medicine – “Hot Waste” project
- Start date: January 2025
- End date: Q4 2026/2027
This project will separate the existing foul waste system in the nuclear medicine department to an independent vacuum system. This is phase 2 of a multiphase project for the department. The first phase was the replacement of the Gamma camera which was completed in early 2024.
Sterile Service Department Refurbishment
- Start date: March 2025
- End date: Q3 2026/2027
This project will see our essential sterile services department upgraded to the latest standards. Particular project focus includes improvements to the cleanroom and washroom facilities.
Green Energy Installation
- Start date: April 2025
- End date: Q4 2025/2026
Following confirmation of funding from NHS National Energy Efficiency Fund (NEEF), two energy efficient schemes to reduce our carbon footprint will both be delivered by the end of our financial year.
The new LED lights will provide more than 8,300 additional lights across the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, and St Michael’s Hospital and Marie Therese House in Hayle. The solar panels will see an installation of more than 900 roof panels to generate will be installed at The Cove and Sunrise Centre at the Royal Cornwall Hospital site, and Marie Therese House in Hayle.
High Value Equipment Replacements
The standard shelf life of hospital imaging and scanning equipment is around 10 to 12 years. A rolling programme of works exists to continuously check and replace all high-value equipment. Often the replacement of equipment will also mean an upgrade of ventilation systems, and the refurbishment or reconfiguration of the space associated with the equipment. Below are the high-value equipment replacement projects currently being managed by the team.
Tower Room 6 – Fluoroscopy Replacement
- Start date: September 2025
- End date: Q3 2026 / 2027
- Changing rooms (completed)
A multipurpose fluoroscope is to be replaced in Tower Room 6 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The project also includes the replacement of an air handling unit to improve ventilation, and the provision of new changing rooms which have been redesigned to include one accessible changing room.
Linear Accelerators Replacement Programme
- Start date: December 2024
- End date: Q2 2026 /2027
Two Linear Accelerators (Linac 3 and 4) are due to be replaced in the Sunrise Centre in the next two years. A Linac uses electricity to make high-energy beams of x-rays or electrons (i.e. high doses of radiation) and are widely used for treating cancer, particularly when targeting tumours with pinpoint accuracy.
The project has already seen the first of the two Linacs installed into the newly kitted out bunker and is now undergoing 6 months of precision commissioning before the first patient is seen in September 2025. Plans are now in place to install the second of the two linacs by the summer 2026. Additionally, this project has delivered / will deliver new changing cubicles for patients, improvements in both the male and female staff changing rooms and a refurbishment of existing space.
Cardiology Catheter Laboratory 2 – Upgrade and Replacement Works
- Start date: On hold (2028/2029)
- End date: On hold (2028/2029)
Following the successful completion of the Cab Lab 1 replacement and upgrade in early 205, work has immediately got underway to plan for the Cath Lab 2 replacement and upgrade. Further details will follow including the timeline. The project is likely to mirror the Cath Lab 2 replacement, also located on the first floor of Trelawny Wing, to include a replacement and upgrade to the latest diagnostic cardiac equipment, as well as modernisation of the suite. The project will also need a temporary mobile cath lab unit installed so that the busy service can ensure business as usual for cath lab emergencies and planned care.