Two competitors from the South West have triumphed in Argentina winning gold medals in the World Transplant Games.
Bradley Ball, from Plymouth, and Tracy Carroll, from Helston, represented Team Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 20th World Transplant Games. Both competitors have received life-saving kidney transplants from Derriford Hospital.
A massive thank you to Neil Carhart, his grandson Lucas and the team from The Plume of Feathers, Pool, for kindly choosing Gold Dust to be one of the recipients of their annual charity fundraiser.
A cheque of £809.79 was presented to Anita Dykes, Matron for Paediatrics, which was raised through a 24 mile sponsored charity walk, which took approximately eight hours to complete and took...
The family of a patient who died have paid a visit to staff on the Planned Investigation Unit (PIU) and Hound Ward, to thank them for the excellent care received whilst in hospital.
Roma Banks, who passed in April 2015, spent a lot of time at Derriford Hospital and her husband, Tony Banks, and her daughters wanted to show their appreciation and present staff with two large cakes as a...
Midwives at Derriford Hospital would like to re-assure their mums-to-be following a high profile story that has been broadcasting as part of an Eastenders storyline.
Nicola Phillips, Maternity Matron, explains: "Following the broadcast of the story on Monday we have received a flurry of calls from mums-to-be who are worried about reduced fetal movements. It is important that there is...
Nurses and staff at Derriford Hospital have said a huge thank you to Josh Mark and his mum Amanda Menear, who paid a special visit to Moorgate Ward to generously donate £3,423.00.
Josh had a bike accident in April 2014 and following surgery, had to stay on Moorgate Ward for eight days.
This year, his family decided that they would like to give something back and organised a...
A charity which supports cancer sufferers in Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital is gearing up for one of its biggest months of the year.
The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust which supports 13-24-year old sufferers of cancer across the UK, is calling on people to do something spectacular this September.
From donating your birthday to taking a #SeptemberSelfie, wearing a headscarf to...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has made a significant contribution to a research study using phone text messaging to help patients at high risk of Type 2 Diabetes manage their health and lifestyle.
The study offers a unique opportunity to those at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes to receive education and support currently not widely available to them in General Practice by using Short...
Paula Sutton has presented more than eight bags of toys to our children’s wards at Derriford Hospital. After launching an online campaign only two weeks ago to encourage friends, family and other parents to donate unwanted items, Paula received a fantastic response and managed to collect eight bin bags full of toys for children of all ages.
A big thank you to WHSmith for kindly donating £1,000.00 worth of arts and crafts to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.
The donation included a fantastic range of items, including colouring books, paints, sticker books, jigsaws, jewellery making sets, ‘build your own’ kits and much more and catered for boys and girls of various ages.
The Anaesthetics Department at Derriford Hospital has been accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) as one of the first in the UK to receive Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA).
A presentation was held to celebrate and Dr Jeremy Langton, Consultant Anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital and Vice President Elect of the RCoA, presented the department with the...
