Nearly nine out of ten people with cancer treated at Derriford Hospital rate their care as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
This is the finding of the latest National Cancer Patient Experience survey, which is run nationally and asks patients with cancer treated at all hospitals across the country about their care. More than 700 patients treated at Derriford Hospital responded to the survey....
Women using our maternity services have reported much improved care, according to a National Survey looking at the experiences of all women giving birth in units across the country.
Our maternity service has seen an improvement since the survey was last conducted three years ago.
The survey asked patients 48 questions, covering care from booking for pregnancy through to...
Devon businesses are only recruiting low numbers of young people looking for their first job since leaving education, according to research published today by Devon County Council.
The Devon County Council Workforce Skills Survey aims to better understand the issues and challenges facing businesses in Devon in relation to skills,...
In a recent survey of Devon and Cornwall Small Businesses only 13% of the businesses surveyed conduct Marketing Planning and yet 90% said that they see Marketing as important to the success of their business with 56% seeing it as critical to success*.
So what’s the problem? Why is there such a huge gap between those that do and those that don’t?
Rising prices and burgeoning buyer demand have led to significant increases in homes coming onto the South West property market, says the August RICS Residential Market Survey.
During August, 68 percent more chartered surveyors reported increases not decreases in new instructions in the region (from +42 percent in July). This is the highest number since RICS started to record these...
Farmland prices in the South West hit yet another record high during the first half of 2013 and have now more than trebled in less than a decade, according to the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey H1 2013.
During the first six months of the year, the cost of farmland jumped to £7,250 per acre across the region, hitting a record high for the eighth consecutive period. The cost of...
Over 800 children visit their doctor every day due to the serious effects of secondhand smoke exposure, according to research published by the Royal College of Physicians*. The figures have been highlighted today as the government launches a campaign to increase awareness of the hidden dangers of smoking in homes and cars.
More than 80% of secondhand smoke is invisible and odourless,...
New research* has revealed that nearly two-thirds of female motorists (64%) don’t feel comfortable about visiting a garage for repairs, servicing or car-checks – with a quarter (24%) saying that they avoid going to a garage on their own.
The research was carried out for Kwik Fit, the UK’s largest tyre and car repair company, and also revealed that a third (33%) of women drivers would like the knowledge to be able to deal with a motoring emergency, and the same proportion (32%) would like to be able to carry out basic car maintenance checks themselves.
