Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is hosting an Open Day on Saturday 7th March, for experienced and newly qualified nurses and operating department practitioners that are looking at a career in theatres or Critical Care.
The day will include talks from speakers from all areas, introducing the day and the opportunities available. There will also be areas set up with information about the...
A number of wards and clinical teams at Derriford Hospital are celebrating having been presented with the Trust’s Dementia Friendly Award earlier this week.
A team comprised of Karen Grimshaw, the Trust’s Nurse Consultant for Older People, Dr Ian Sherriff – University of Plymouth and Alzheimers’ Society, June Wildman – Carer and member of the Trust Dementia Champions group and Claire...
Staff in the Physiotherapy Department at Derriford Hospital have set up a YouTube channel, with multiple exercise videos to help support their patients.
The idea of the exercise videos and exercise sheets came after a satisfaction survey indicated that patients needed these to help remind them of what they should be doing. This idea now allows patients to play the videos as many times...
Helen Blundell, a Physiotherapist at Derriford Hospital, is running the full Barcelona Marathon in March, to raise funds for Hexworthy Ward. This will help towards the purchase of new equipment to support the care of the patients on the ward.
Helen has already completed the Plymouth 10k and her first Plymouth Half Marathon, but is now determined to stretch her limits and complete a...
Derriford Hospital’s Upper Gastro Intestinal Cancer team have joined the National Public Health England campaign, to raise awareness of oesophago-gastric cancers.
The campaign will run from 26th January to the end of February and is aimed at men and women aged 50 years and over, focusing on key symptoms of oesophageal and stomach cancers.
Every year, the world’s largest timed cycle race, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, takes place in South Africa around the breath-taking scenic Cape Peninsula and as many as 35,000 cyclists take part in the 109 Km (68m) event.
This year, Hein Scheffer, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development and Kevin Baber, Chief Operating Officer at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, joined...
Denis Wilkins, a retired Consultant Surgeon in General and Vascular Surgery, is now retiring as the Chair of the Trust’s Organ Donation Committee.
The committee was formed in 2008 by Dr Martin Walker, Consultant Anaesthetist, and Denis was asked to be the Chair. Its aim is to support the work of the Transplant Co-ordinators, the local Transplant Champion and the transplant teams, in...
A generous seven year old from Plymouth has raised hundreds of pounds for the Gold Dust Appeal, which is raising money for the refurbishment of the Children and Young People’s wards and corridors on level 12 of Derriford Hospital.
Ollie Willis, a pupil at Montpelier Primary School, presented the cheque for £850.24 to Anita Dykes, Matron for Paediatrics at Derriford Hospital on Friday...
There were many smiles on faces and lots of laughter on our children’s wards before Christmas, as they cheered, booed and hissed their way through Starlight’s Christmas Panto.
The interactive theatre group, The Panto Company, treated children, relatives and staff to a performance of Robinson Crusoe, as part of an eight week tour of the country’s hospitals and hospices.
A generous Plymouth charity brought Christmas cheer and lots of cuddles to our children’s wards last week.
Representatives from Becca’s Bear dropped in to the Activity Centre on level 12 on Tuesday 16 December, armed with tons of teddy bears for donation to the children on the wards.
Santa and Build A Bear mascot, Bearemy were also on hand to help with distributing the bears...
