Category: Health

A new high-powered precision radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer is now being offered to patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is available to eligible men with low and intermediate-risk localised prostate cancer. The treatment uses advanced imaging and treatment planning techniques to deliver radiation to the prostate…

One of the first people to be treated as a baby at Bath’s Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care 15 years ago has praised the centre for the wonderful care it continues to provide to the youngest patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. As the centre celebrates its 15-year anniversary this Thursday,…

The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is improving patient comfort, reducing waste and saving millions of single-use compression socks from landfill after updating guidance on the use of anti-embolic, or compression, stockings. Compression socks, have long been used in healthcare settings to help prevent blood clots (venous thromboembolism) in patients following surgery…

The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust has supported promising earlystage research aimed at improving how endometriosis is diagnosed. Endometriosis affects around 1 in 10 women and people with a uterus in the UK, yet diagnosis takes eight – nine years on average. Currently, confirmation often requires a laparoscopy (keyhole surgery), as MRI…

Patients living with a stoma are rediscovering their confidence in the water – and taking steps towards bigger life milestones – thanks to supportive swimming sessions run by the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Although Claire had had a stoma for a decade, she had only been swimming twice since her surgery….

People who have experienced a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain are being invited to take part in a major research study, being supported by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, which aims to improve future care. The ASPIRING study is looking at whether medications such as aspirin or clopidogrel, commonly used…

People in Frome and the surrounding area can now access cancer care closer to home, thanks to a new satellite clinic run by the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). The new Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Centre, based at Frome Medical Centre, opened earlier this year and has already provided care for over…