University Hospitals Plymouth

University Hospitals Plymouth Neuromuscular Centre Recognised For Outstanding Care

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has received a prestigious Centre of Excellence award from leading national charity Muscular Dystrophy UK.

The charity for more than 110,000 children and adults in the UK living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions awarded UHP for providing outstanding care, promoting best practice locally and nationally and...

Virtual tour of Plymouths Neonatal Intensive Care Unit goes live

Patients at University Hospitals Plymouth can now take a virtual tour of the Plymouth Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) thanks to the South West Neonatal Network.

The aim of these tours is to help alleviate stress and anxiety for families around the admission, transfer, and care within a neonatal unit.

The South West Neonatal Network developed these tours following...

New Royal Eye Infirmary for Plymouth is taking shape

People with eye conditions will be able to access a brand-new state-of-the-art facility this year as the building for a new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) is well underway.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust’s new REI on William Prance Road will include theatres, an increased number of treatment rooms and an expanded area for children.

Dave Adams, Head of the Optometry...

UHP nurse inspires new Student Nursing Times Award category for research

A nurse at University Hospitals Plymouth has encouraged the creation of a new awards category in the upcoming Student Nursing Times Awards, to include clinical research.

Joy O’Gorman is a newly qualified nurse who has recently started working for the Trust, having graduated from the University of Plymouth last year. Working together with Ruth Endacott, Honorary Professor at the...

University Hospitals Plymouth team are finalists in the Green Surgery Challenge 2021

A general surgery team from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are finalists in the Green Surgery Challenge 2021, thanks to their project on reducing the consumption of single-use surgical equipment.

The University Hospitals Plymouth team were one of six teams chosen to take part in the nationwide competition, which is supported by sustainable healthcare specialists at the...

The digital transformation continues with Hospital at Night

A new system that ensures patient safety through the efficient coordination of medical tasks across wards at night-time has successfully launched at University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP).

Nervecentre’s Hospital at Night, which launched on Monday 02 August, is the centralised mobile digital platform that provides the means to prioritise and monitor patient care across the night shift...

Patient team are seeking volunteers to help support digital consultations

The Patient Services team at University Hospitals Plymouth are looking for volunteers who can help support patients to access their NHS care through digital platforms and become ‘Digital Health Champions’.

“Since the start of the pandemic, like many health care organisations, we have had to move to using more online and virtual consultations in order to keep our patients, their...

University Hospitals Plymouth, Covid, vaccine

Global first for University Hospitals Plymouth in recruitment for Covid-19 vaccine trial

University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) has become the first research site in the world to successfully recruit more than 500 volunteers to ENSEMBLE 2, an international Covid-19 vaccine trial, and remains top of the leader board.

The study, which launched in November last year, seeks to recruit up to 30,000 people worldwide in order to test the safety and effectiveness of a new vaccine,...

The national study mapping the COVID journey at UHP

University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) is currently taking part in a country-wide urgent public health study to understand whether healthcare workers who have antibodies to COVID-19 are protected against future infections of the virus.

Sarscov2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation, or SIREN, aims to recruit 500 members of Trust staff - a number which it is fast approaching after just...

South West patients part of global remdesivir drugs trial for Covid-19

Plymouth researchers are thanking local patients who have taken part in a clinical trial of the antiviral drug remdesivir in the treatment of coronavirus. Remdesivir was recently approved by the NHS to treat COVID-19: the first drug to be licensed for this use in the UK .

The trial took place at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, part of a global study across North America and Europe....

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