Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Skin Cancer Team will be holding a ‘Sun Awareness’ display in the main reception of Derriford Hospital on Wednesday 1 May between 10am and 2pm for Sun Awareness Week (6 – 12 May).
Staff from the local Cancer Awareness and Screening Project will be on hand to give advice and information on how to enjoy the sunshine without causing skin damage.
Today marks the opening of the new Stem Cell Transplant Unit for cancer patients needing protective isolation at Derriford Hospital.
The unit is a further expansion of the transplant service and will mean that patients from Devon and Cornwall will no longer have to travel to Bristol or London for unrelated donor stem cell transplants.
A former patient from Torrington Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has presented staff with a generous donation of £3,000 and thanked the staff for their care.
Sid Pascoe was admitted to Derriford Hospital for a triple bypass in December 2009 following an electrocardiogram (ECG).
The money was raised last year from a number of charity events held at Lostwithiel Golf Club while...
Staff and patients of Derriford Hospital's new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) enjoyed a day to remember yesterday (Tuesday 24 April) when HRH The Countess of Wessex officially opened the new site.
The Countess is a Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and Patron of Vision 2020: The Right to Sight.
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust have announced that Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex will formerly celebrate the opening of the Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) at Derriford Hospital next week.
The Countess, the wife of Prince Edward, will visit the REI on Tuesday 23 April to perform an unveiling ceremony for the new unit which has been operational since January.
Happy Days Nurseries has announced that building work has started on a new Happy Days nursery situated at Derriford Business Park.
Working in partnership with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, the new Happy Days nursery will continue to operate as a workplace nursery for Derriford Hospital staff as well as a nursery for the local community. Expected to open in summer 2013, it will replace...
An award winning scheme that supports young adults with learning disabilities gain paid employment is holding a series of information events to attract new interns who could benefit from the project.
Project SEARCH is based at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, and helps adults with learning disabilities between 18 and 24 move towards paid employment by working in the hospital in a series...
Devon and Cornwall Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a road traffic collision that happened on the A38 at Westlake near Ivybridge in March.
The dark-coloured Volvo left the Plymouth-bound carriageway between the Ivybridge offslip and Lee Mill.
Officers would like anyone who may be able to comment on the manner of driving of this car prior to the collision to...
NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) officially launched today (1 April 2013).
From today local GPs and clinicians will be responsible for buying services for people in the northern, eastern and western areas of Devon from healthcare providers such as local hospitals, the community and mental health services.
Derriford Hospital have revealed that their staff have reported five incidents, known as 'never events' (so-called because they are events that should never happen), that relate to surgery or other intervention to the wrong part of the body of patients. These have all been identified via an incident reporting system since November. A 'never event' is classified by the Department of Health as a...
