Children being cared for at Derriford Hospital now have more to look forward to, following a huge donation of £800.00 worth of Lego from the charity Fairy Bricks.
Eight year old patient, Nathan Rogers, and his sister Hollie were on hand to receive the donation, made by Sarah Wimlett, Consultant Anaesthetist, on behalf of the charity. Nathan and Hollie were joined by Marcus Granville,...
A big thank you to Plymouth Care Home Providers and Plymouth City Council’s Quality Assurance and Improvement team, who have kindly donated 74 Easter eggs to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.
Care home managers and residents across Plymouth attended the 25th Dignity in Care Forum on the 18th March and many donated Easter eggs, which were gratefully received by the children...
DFS Plymouth delivered more than just your regular sofa order to the Hallam family household on Wednesday when they also dropped off a £250 donation to much-loved local charity ‘Hugs for Henry’.
After DFS colleagues realised their delivery was going to the Hallam family home they decided to surprise their son Henry with a generous donation of £250 to help support his treatment after...
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Children staying on Derriford Hospital wards have even more toys and games to play with, thanks to a generous donation from customers and staff at Mecca Bingo.
Today, representatives from Mecca Bingo in Devonport, Tracey Davies and Chloe Robbins, came up to the hospital’s Activity Centre on level 12, with the large donation of toys, teddies and books for all ages. The brand new gifts...
Paul Turner from Hartley has donated two valuable books to Derriford Hospital today to say ‘thank you’ to the staff that helped him through a difficult time.
Mr Turner said: “On returning from a family holiday, I noticed a small lump in my neck. I visited my local GP and was referred to Derriford Hospital for tests where I was then diagnosed with cancer.
A former patient from Torrington Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has presented staff with a generous donation of £3,000 and thanked the staff for their care.
Sid Pascoe was admitted to Derriford Hospital for a triple bypass in December 2009 following an electrocardiogram (ECG).
The money was raised last year from a number of charity events held at Lostwithiel Golf Club while...
New resuscitation training manikins are the latest recruits to join the Resuscitation Training Team at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
The manikins, all realistic in size and weight, have a large part to play in the essential simulation training for the multi-disciplinary clinical teams who provide safe and effective care for paediatric, and adult patients.