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
Healthcare in Cornwall were up to eighteen months. Healthwatch was set up under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to act as a voice for patients. There is one Healthwatch for Cornwall and a separate Healthwatch for the Isles of Scilly. NHS mental health services in the county are largely provided by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. According to the trust between 8 and 12 patients a month have to be sent out of Cornwall, because there is an "inadequate provision" of beds. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides hospital care in the west of the county. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust