Children being cared for at Derriford Hospital now have more to look forward to, following a huge donation of £800.00 worth of Lego from the charity Fairy Bricks.
Eight year old patient, Nathan Rogers, and his sister Hollie were on hand to receive the donation, made by Sarah Wimlett, Consultant Anaesthetist, on behalf of the charity. Nathan and Hollie were joined by Marcus Granville,...
Peter Jenks, Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded to a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Fellowship.
As a NICE Fellow, Peter will be an ambassador for infection prevention and control and will have the opportunity to use his expertise to shape NICE guidance and initiatives and drive a quality improvement...
The Neurology Research Team at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, were the first clinical research site in the UK to recruit a participant to an international observational study of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The team are also leading the recruitment worldwide, after recruiting 50% of their target within their first week.
Led in Plymouth by Consultant Neurologist, Professor Jeremy...
Members of the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Board joined ward staff and assisting with mealtime services for patients last week.
It was one of many different initiatives running this week as part of our Making Mealtimes Matter campaign, which has been organised to coincide with Nutrition and Hydration Week.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition to...
Plymouth City Council has been awarded £2.46 million from the Department for Transport to improve walking and cycling routes to and from the Derriford area.
The project will see a total investment of £3.51 million over the next five years and deliver more than four kilometres of the city’s Strategic Cycle Network.
Improved on- and off-road cycling routes will be provided along...
Patients, visitors, staff and members of the public will have the opportunity to sample dishes from our proposed new patient menu and to talk to hospital staff about the importance of patient mealtimes, on Tuesday 17 March in the main concourse of Derriford Hospital.
The event will showcase some of the work going on around the Trust to improve the patients’ mealtime experience. It is...
Two of our apprentices will find out next week if they have won awards at this year’s South West Region Health Sector Apprenticeship Awards 2015.
Chantelle Lea, who works in the Pathology Department, has been shortlisted for the Higher Apprentice of the Year Award (Level 4+) and Abby Morgan, who works in the Communications Office, has been shortlisted for the NHS Inspirational...
A number of wards and clinical teams at Derriford Hospital are celebrating having been presented with the Trust’s Dementia Friendly Award earlier this week.
A team comprised of Karen Grimshaw, the Trust’s Nurse Consultant for Older People, Dr Ian Sherriff – University of Plymouth and Alzheimers’ Society, June Wildman – Carer and member of the Trust Dementia Champions group and Claire...
Staff in the Physiotherapy Department at Derriford Hospital have set up a YouTube channel, with multiple exercise videos to help support their patients.
The idea of the exercise videos and exercise sheets came after a satisfaction survey indicated that patients needed these to help remind them of what they should be doing. This idea now allows patients to play the videos as many times...
Helen Blundell, a Physiotherapist at Derriford Hospital, is running the full Barcelona Marathon in March, to raise funds for Hexworthy Ward. This will help towards the purchase of new equipment to support the care of the patients on the ward.
Helen has already completed the Plymouth 10k and her first Plymouth Half Marathon, but is now determined to stretch her limits and complete a...
