Covid-19

Luxury food brand donates 4,500 tea bags to NHS staff battling COVID-19 at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Luxury food and beverage brand, Cartwright & Butler, has donated 4,500 English Breakfast tea bags and almost 50 boxes of biscuits to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

With staff at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are working tirelessly in the fight against COVID-19, the donations from Cartwright & Butler aim to not only boost the morale of the staff, but to...

Temporary street cafe licences introduced

Temporary “street cafe” licences are being introduced by Devon County Council to help hospitality businesses to re-open in the coming weeks, as coronavirus lockdown restrictions continue to ease.

Although a large number of cafes and pubs currently remain closed, many are already planning for when they are able to re-open.

Tables and chairs on paved or pedestrianised areas...

‘We are still here for you if you need help’ – NHS in Devon reassures patients

Patients who are worried they are being ‘burden’ on the NHS are being reassured that safe, local health services are there for them.

There has been a significant decline in people seeking urgent and emergency treatment across the country since the beginning of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Doctors in Devon have noted a decrease in attendances across both GP practices...

Devon moving forward with Active Travel Fund improvements

A comprehensive series of improvements for walkers and cyclists will be introduced as soon as possible, Devon County Council has confirmed.

The County Council is expecting to receive an initial £338,000 of emergency active travel funding once the Department for Transport (DfT) has reviewed Devon’s plans, which need to be submitted this Friday (5 June).

Over 200 extra cycle...

Vehicle restrictions eased at recycling centres - but vans remain excluded for time being

Vehicle restrictions to Devon’s recycling centres, including bicycles and some vehicles with trailers, are being eased this week.

It’s all part of the phased reopening of Devon’s 19 Household Waste Recycling Centres.

From today (Tuesday June 2) visitors driving van-based people carriers with seats in the back, and cyclists - including those with cycle-towed trailers - will...

Plymouth team helps children receive free breakfasts at home as some families experience food insecurity during COVID-19 lockdown

Three quarters of a million healthy breakfasts are set for delivery to doorsteps of thousands of children across the UK, supported by the team at Amazon in Plymouth as part of an expanded partnership with Magic Breakfast

Breakfast packs containing food supplies from Arla, Heinz, Kellogg's, Morrisons, New York Bakery Co and Quaker Oats UK will be delivered for free directly to...

South West patients part of global remdesivir drugs trial for Covid-19

Plymouth researchers are thanking local patients who have taken part in a clinical trial of the antiviral drug remdesivir in the treatment of coronavirus. Remdesivir was recently approved by the NHS to treat COVID-19: the first drug to be licensed for this use in the UK .

The trial took place at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, part of a global study across North America and Europe....

Street Factory keeping the community connected during COVID crisis

Plymouth-based social collective Street Factory is delighted to have received funding from Devon Community Foundation which the team will use to keep members of its community digitally connected in this time of social distancing.

The funding/grant of £7,300 has already been used directly to purchase laptops, iPads, tutorials and mentoring on digital skills, all of which will be...

SW GPs lead the way by offering Covid-19 research opportunities to their patients thanks to new GP training

Research is being placed at the heart of GP training in the South West giving four recently qualified GPs and one GP who is still in training the opportunity to offer the Covid-19 research to their patients.

The PRINCIPLE Trial is a nationwide study into Covid-19 which is being delivered in the community. The study aims to enable researchers to rapidly evaluate different treatments...

Reminder to "think twice" before heading out

The fine weather and upcoming bank holiday weekend has seen an influx of people visiting Devon’s coast and countryside – prompting Devon County Council to remind people to “think twice” before heading out.

Some of the county’s beaches and areas of Dartmoor have been besieged by people this week, with inconsiderate parking creating issues on local roads.

In Woolacombe, in...

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