Royal Cornwall Hospital

“Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): This (SOP) is now completed and has been uploaded onto the Trust's intranet page for all staff to have access to. A copy of the SOP is attached to the response as 'Enclosure”

“The Trust is developing a training package for our Roskear Nursing Team and we are in the process of amending our nursing, junior doctors and locum induction programmes to include catheter lab pack and preparation. This is underway and is expected to be completed by 31 December 2024.”

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the guidance of when and where NIV could be delivered was regularly changing as more was learnt nationally about the virus. If a patient is admitted to RCHT now, usually on home NIV and stable, and can manage their own mask and ventilator as they would at home, they can be managed on any medical ward. There would only be a concern if the patient is positive for COVID-19 or flu and then they would need to be accommodated in a side room. However, if patients on long”