Representatives from local charity, Becca’s Bear, dropped in to Derriford Hospital today armed with another generous donation of bears for the children.
Marking the fourth anniversary of the charity, Louise Howie and Janet Pengelly from Becca’s Bear, along with Megan Lavis from Build-A-Bear, visited level 12 at Derriford Hospital to deliver teddy bears for donation to children on the...
A special sensory room for children and young people in hospital was officially opened by a patient and fundraiser on Thursday (12 June).
Ten year old Poppy-Lee Rodgers, who attends Widey Court Primary School, has cystic fibrosis and comes to the hospital regularly for appointments, was invited to cut the ribbon and officially open the sensory room at Derriford Hospital.
The Combined Laboratories at Derriford Hospital are pleased to announce that their Clinical Pathology Accreditation has been retained.
Accreditation assures patients that technologies and procedures match best practice to provide a consistently high quality service. The labs underwent an external assessment in January and the news means that our Combined Labs have now maintained the...
An Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) from Plymouth who was invited to attend the annual commemoration of the life and work of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey last week (Wednesday 7 May 2014) has reflected on her memorable experience.
The annual service is held to celebrate nursing and midwifery staff, both registered and unregistered, working in these services....
The sun has started to make a bit of an appearance here in Devon lately, and it couldn't have come at a better time. This week is Sun Awareness week, in which the public are asked to be aware of the sun and the damage it can potentially do to their skin.
Handmade cosmetics company Lush have come to the rescue with their British Nanny facial moisturiser containing SPF30.
Patients receiving treatment from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHNT) can now nominate a staff member for an award when they have gone above and beyond what would be expected of them and have provided an excellent service.
A new initiative known as The WOW! Awards, begins tomorrow (Tuesday 6 May 2014) and will run in pilot form at PHNT until the end of October this year.
A young patient of Derriford Hospital has hatched a cracking plan for Easter.
Jasmine Bayly (15) was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 when she was 8 years old, which resulted in the development of an inoperable brain tumour aged 13. She has spent most of the last two years undergoing Chemotherapy and knowing the difficulty of being confined to a hospital bed, Jasmine wanted to raise...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's state-of-the-art Stem Cell Transplant Unit and Birch Day Case Unit for blood cancer patients will be officially opened by patients, hospital staff and members of the Plymouth Leukaemia and District Fund (PDLF) tomorrow (Monday 14 April).
The Stem Cell Transplant Unit opened its doors last spring and the first patients started receiving their treatment...
According to the latest independent survey the majority of patients treated at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust feel they have been treated with dignity and respect and given emotional support during their episode of care. They also report high levels of confidence in those caring for them.
The Trust improved its score from the last inpatient survey in 2012 in 39 areas, also scoring higher...
Visitors to last year’s Christmas Grotto in the Drake Circus shopping centre have helped to raise nearly £3,000 for the children’s ward at Derriford Hospital.
The money was raised from a percentage of the ticket sales for the Grotto and a Christmas jumper day supported by many of the stores in the shopping centre and will be used by the Children’s Happy Hospital Fund towards a sensory...
