We are delighted that three directors at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust have been shortlisted for two awards at this year’s NHS Leadership Recognition Awards, which are run by the NHS Leadership Academy.
Our Director of Nursing and Associate Director of Nursing/Head of Midwifery will be going head to head for the NHS Inspirational Leader Award.
Sexual health specialists across Devon are encouraging more people to take an HIV test.
Devon Public Health, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and The Eddystone Trust are joining forces to raise awareness of HIV testing, ahead of National HIV Testing Week, which runs from Friday 22 November to Friday 29 November.
The week is aimed mainly at high-risk groups such as men who...
Students at Plymouth University have been invited to submit their ideas for a Dragon’s Den style challenge that could see them changing the way the NHS functions.
The Nursing and Midwifery Challenge tasks the University’s final year nursing and midwifery students with coming up with an idea that they think could solve a real issue or problem in current health service practice, before...
The public will be able to see their GP seven days a week and out of office hours under new proposals set out by the Prime Minister for a first wave of GP groups offering extended opening hours across the country.
The government claims the move will make it easier for people see their family doctor from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week and will help thousands who struggle to find GP...
Derriford Hospital's first public Open Day in more than a decade has been hailed as a massive success.
More than 2,000 people went along to Plymouth's flagship NHS hospital on Saturday 28 September to find out for themselves what goes on behind the doors and managers say that the initial feedback has been "overwhelming positive".
The doors officially opened at 10am but visitors...
After months of delay, Devon switched on its new NHS 111 service for the county at 11am on Tuesday 3 September.
NHS 111 is a national initiative that is being rolled out across the country. It is a new three-digit dial telephone service being introduced to make it easier for patients to access local health services, when they have an urgent need.
With over 1 million more people visiting A&E compared to three years ago, last year's harsh winter put exceptional pressure on urgent and emergency wards.
The new funding will go to A&E departments identified as being under the most pressure and be targeted at 'pinch points' in local services.
The aim is for patients to be treated promptly, with fewer delays in A&E...
