nurses

Asthma team shortlisted for national award

A team of healthcare professionals from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, whose work has helped to reduce hospital admissions, visits to our emergency department and significantly improve standards of asthma care, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

The team, based in the Chest Clinic at Derriford Hospital, have been shortlisted down to the final five in the Respiratory...

Specialist nurses offer advice on the prevention and early detection of diabetes

Specialist nurses from the Diabetes Centre at Derriford Hospital have been offering advice on the prevention and early detection of diabetes, on World Diabetes Day.

The nurses manned displays in the main concourse at Derriford Hospital and at Asda Superstore in Plymouth. They were joined by dieticians from the hospital, nurses from Research in Diabetes and third year students from the...

Derriford Hospital nurses host national immunology and allergy conference

Over 40 immunology and allergy nurses from as far and wide as Aberdeen, Cardiff, London, Manchester and Dublin attended the annual Nurses Group conference hosted by staff from the Eden Unit at Derriford Hospital this month.

The event enabled colleagues to share best practice through group discussions, nurse-led patient clinics and provided an opportunity to learn new developments in...

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