Three military junior doctors from Derriford Hospital, who are preparing for a 150km race in the Arctic next month, are hosting a fundraising event next week ahead of their gruelling challenge.
Next month, representing all three of the armed services, Flight Lieutenant Michael Thompson, Surgeon Lieutenant Alex Bamford and Captain George Graham, will face a challenge of a lifetime when...
A project to refurbish the lifts at Derriford Hospital is underway and already making a significant difference.
The three-year project, which started in January 2013, involves the complete removal of six of the original lift motors and their cars and the installation of brand new ones, which comply with all modern standards.
John Stewart, Service Lead for Quality and Systems...
If you have been cared for by someone really special at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Dialysis Unit, the Royal Eye Infirmary at Derriford, the Child Development Centre or a community midwife, why not make them feel really special and nominate them for an award?
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is running the staff Celebration Awards to acknowledge the efforts of those staff who go the...
NHS Staff from Plymouth are gearing up to try and beat the number of improvement pledges made on last year’s NHS Change Day.
NHS Change Day – taking place this year on 3 March – is a frontline ‘Call to Action’ for NHS staff, patients and the public, started by clinicians and improvement leaders. The idea is to get as many people as possible to pledge to do one thing to make the NHS...
Paul McArdle, Consultant Surgeon and Director of Quality from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, is one of only 18 health professionals in the UK to have been selected for the prestigious GenerationQ, a pioneering leadership programme from the independent healthcare charity, the Health Foundation.
The fellowship has a track record of developing leaders who understand how complex health...
A comedy night, organised by a patient and his wife, raised more than £1,300 for a Derriford neurosurgical ward.
Derek and Marian Hicks of Delabole, who were greatly appreciative of the “fantastic treatment” from staff on Moorgate Ward, organised the event to help raise funds.
More than 130 people attended the sold out night with local comedian Johnny Cowling, which was held at...
In May 2013 walkers took part in the annual Leafy Lanes sponsored walk around Lydford and Bridestowe, organised by Pals of Plymouth Oncology Outpatients and Chemotherapy (POOCH).
Earlier this month, the Pals of POOCH visited the Oncology Department at Derriford Hospital to present a cheque for £2,500, which was the total raised by the walkers who took part.
Thanks to a generous donation from customers and staff at Sainsbury’s, children staying on our wards will have lots of new toys and games to play with.
Last week, representatives from Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills Store, Grace Evans and Pam Tremayne, came up to the hospital’s Activity Centre on level 12, with the large donation. The toys were donated by the store’s customers and staff during...
A kind-hearted Plymouth charity, brought some cheer and cuddles to our children’s wards last week.
Representatives from the Becca’s Bear charity dropped in to the Activity Centre on level 12 on Wednesday (11 December), to deliver teddy bears for donation to children on the wards.
Santa and the Build-A-Bear mascot, Bearemy were also on hand to help with distributing the bears...
There were smiles on faces and lots of laughter on our children’s wards today, thanks to Starlight’s Christmas Panto.
Children, relatives and staff were treated to a performance of Sleeping Beauty by the interactive theatre group, The Panto Company, as part of an eight week tour of the country’s hospitals and hospices.
The pantomime was staged in the Activity Centre on level 12...
