A Plymouth baby has become the first in the UK to receive life-changing surgery for spina bifida while still in the womb.
Sat with her doting parents and smiling at the camera, eleven week old baby Frankie Lavis, is still totally unaware of the revolutionary operation she had before she was even born.
In May this year, Gina Beddoe, 35, and her partner Dan Lavis, 39, from...
In September, twenty sixth-form students began battling it out in an ‘Apprentice’ style competition, which will lead to one student winning a week of work experience in our Pathology Department at Derriford Hospital.
This week is National Pathology Week and on Wednesday, nine of the students took part in the Plymouth Pathology Roadshow, where a stand in the main concourse at Derriford...
The construction of the new helipad at Derriford Hospital has started, with the turf cutting ceremony taking place on Thursday 30 October.
The new landing facility will take approximately seven months to build and should be operational by May 2015, allowing a wider range of aircraft to land on site and being accessible 24 hours a day.
A supported internship programme, based at Derriford Hospital, that supports young adults with learning disabilities to gain paid employment, has been confirmed as a finalist for a top award.
The work of Project SEARCH in supporting young adults with learning disabilities to gain paid employment has been shortlisted in the NHS Inclusivity Leader of the Year category of the 2014 South...
Sexual health doctors in Plymouth have been successful in securing more than £21,000 to launch a brand new service for home HIV testing.
Dr Rachel Challenor and Dr Zoe Warwick, Consultants in Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM), will use the money from NHS England’s Regional Innovation Fund, to run a trial over one to two years from the GU clinic at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital. This is the...
Consultants from Derriford Hospital recently hosted a study day for specialists in the region, which focused on lung cancer and mesothelioma.
More than 40 delegates from across the peninsula, including consultants, registrars, cancer nurse specialists and research and chemotherapy nurses, attended the educational event at St Cuthbert’s Conference Centre, Buckfast Abbey on Friday 3...
Patients, staff and members of the public had the chance to vote for their favourite piece of art, as part of The Vinci Staff Art Prize competition. The votes were cast and counted and the winners announced.
The winner of the Vinci Art Prize, as chosen by a panel was: Sarah Wake for the Big ‘O’.
The winner of the Vinci People’s Choice Prize, as voted by numerous visitors to the...
Five members from the Plymouth Transplant Games Team have been called up to represent Team GB at the 20th World Transplant Games in Argentina 2015.
The five inspirational individuals, who are all recipients of kidney transplants, competed at this year’s British Transplant Games in Bolton and have been chosen to represent Great Britain because of their success at this year’s Games or in...
SWH Civils, a division of South West Highways Ltd, has recently tendered for and won the contract for the construction of a helipad at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
This exciting project, which is due to commence at the end of October, will provide a new helicopter landing facility enabling a wider range of aircraft to land at Derriford Hospital Emergency Unit.
A consultant anaesthetist from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, has re-run the commando test that he took on nearly 25 years ago.
On Monday 29 September, David Birt, from Tavistock, accompanied by his son, Harry (20) and three friends with whom he has deployed on military operations - Andy Burgess, Anaesthetist, Royal Navy, Tony...
