Healthcare in Cornwall serves the east. Specialised services are provided from other trusts outside the area. Cornwall Air Ambulance was the first dedicated helicopter emergency medical service operational in the United Kingdom. The Duchy Hospital in Truro run by Ramsay Health Care UK is the only private hospital in the County. It has 27 in-patient beds. In May 2015 it was reported that Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust were considering a merger. Healthcare in Cornwall Healthcare in Cornwall, United Kingdom, is now the responsibility of Kernow clinical commissioning group, a National Health Service (NHS) organisation set up
Rugby union in Cornwall represented Scotland and the Lions, and many others. Also, the Cornish rugby team can boast an Olympic silver medal. In 1908, they won the County Championship for the first time, and the prize was to represent Great Britain at rugby in the 1908 Olympic Games. They lost to Australia 32-3 in the final, and remain the only county side to represent Great Britain at rugby in the Olympics. The Cornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) was formed in 1883. It is a union of 39 rugby union clubs which includes most rugby union clubs in Cornwall (St Columba and Torpoint RFC