Twenty sixth-form students from state schools in Plymouth, Tavistock and Callington, have put their name forward for an ‘Apprentice’ style competition. This will lead to one student winning a week of work experience in our Pathology Department at Derriford Hospital.
The competition is being led by Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Dr Ruth Ayling and has been running up until National...
Derriford Hosptial's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is looking for volunteers to help them make more ‘snugglies’ to keep up with the high demand.
Every baby cared for on our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for more than 24 hours receives a packet of snugglies, which are little muslin squares that are knotted in one corner, one for the mum and one for the baby.
SWH Civils, a division of South West Highways Ltd, is due to start work on the Derriford Hospital Helipad facility at the end of October.
The works will enable the trust to deliver an improved helicopter landing facility. Benefiting Devon & Cornwall Air Ambulances, it will also enable them to land at night, helping the hospital to continue to improve their services to the community...
A memorial garden is set to be built at Derriford Hospital for those who have experienced the loss of a baby.
Work is set to begin on November 1, to transform the overgrown area into a beautiful memorial garden, with the help of the local community coming together, providing somewhere peaceful for parents to go and reflect.
Leading the project is LeighAnne Hedges, who runs the...
Sarah Corner, a Ward Manager at Derriford Hospital, raised £564.00 by doing a sponsored run, which has been split between Hembury Ward and Dental Specialities and Maxillofacial Surgery.
The donation to Hembury Ward has been used to refurbish their patient day room and Dental Specialities and Maxillofacial Surgery have used it to help with the refurbishment of the education room....
The local franchise of Water Babies has kindly donated £1,000 to Derriford Hospital’s maternity department, to allow more expectant mums to be able to choose a water birth.
In 2012, they kindly donated £725.00, which was used to train more staff to conduct water births and maximise the availability of this non-pharmacological method of pain relief for women that deliver at Derriford...
Would you like to help make a difference to our patients? If so, please join the new Patient Council and come along to the meet and greet evening on Tuesday 30th September, between 5-7pm at the Peninsula Radiology Academy.
This is a great opportunity to meet with members of the Trust including Carolyn Bruce Spencer, Chair of the new Patient Council, Jayne Glynn, Patient Experience...
Derriford Hospital will have a new helipad in operation by next summer. Funding of just under £2m has been agreed to build the new helipad close to the Emergency Department entrance.
The helipad will be able to receive Search and Rescue helicopters as well as the night flights which Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulances will soon be running.
Standards of cleanliness at Derriford Hospital have been rated as 95.93%, according to a report published last week by the NHS Commissioning Board.
A team of 16 patient assessors carried out a two day assessment at Derriford Hospital, looking at standards in four key areas. Over this period they assessed how the environment supports patient’s privacy dignity and wellbeing, food,...
