Nursing staff took the voices of their colleagues and the public to the heart of the Westminster government yesterday, calling for urgent action to fix the nursing workforce crisis in England.
Vicky Brotherton, a senior ophthalmic nurse at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, was among four nursing staff who went to Downing Street to hand in petitions totalling over 220,000 signatures...
A Plymouth couple loved their Taylor Wimpey apartment so much that they decided to upsize their living space and move to a bigger Taylor Wimpey home to make room for their growing family.
Jodie Smith, 30, and her fiance Rob Keymer, 34, initially bought a two-bedroom apartment at the Cherry Tree Gardens development in Plymouth. They used the Government-backed Help to Buy scheme,...
Residents of a dementia care home in Plymouth are enjoying an early taste of spring with a specially created indoor garden that has been installed in a cosy corridor at Butterfly Lodge.
The idea was the brainwave of service manager, Abby Wiseman, who was inspired by: “the promise of spring.”
Abby Wiseman said: “At this time of year we’re obviously not able to take our ladies...
The Children’s Theatre Partnership (CTP) and Royal & Derngate, Northampton are bringing the UK Tour of the Nottingham Playhouse production of Holes to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 March. The inventive new stage show based on multi-award-winning novel and blockbuster film, Holes tells the adventure story of Stanley Yates, who is born into a family cursed with bad...
Patients have given Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre a score of 100% for its ophthalmology services, according to the latest results from the national Friends and Family Test.
The hospital’s day ward scored 99.5%, its inpatient ward 99% and its endoscopy department 98.8%
Overall, Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre scored 94.5% from the 784 patients who completed the Friends and...
The record-breaking West End run of The Mousetrap is coming to TRP from Monday 24 – Saturday 29 February. By popular demand The Mousetrap, now in its 68th year, have hit the road with a second major national tour that has been thrilling audiences across the country with television star Susan Penhaligon playing Mrs Boyle. Experience shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where...
New research by Simplyhealth reveals that Plymouth is regarded by its residents as the UK’s healthiest city, followed closely by Bristol and Brighton.
More than two thirds[1] (67%) of people surveyed in Plymouth consider themselves to be healthy – a figure significantly higher than the national average (59%).
In comparison, almost a fifth (19%) of Brits consider themselves...
Staff at Bull Point have been praised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for providing an outstanding level of care to its residents.
Bull Point in Barne Barton, Plymouth, is a specialist provider of residential services for people with an autistic spectrum disorder; its principles reflect the need for people with learning disabilities and autism to live meaningful lives that include...
The award winning Daldry production of An Inspector Calls is coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 03 – Saturday 07 March. Having been played to more than 4 million theatregoers worldwide it is the most internationally lauded production in the National Theatre’s history.
Directed by the world-renowned theatre and film director Stephen Daldry, Theatre Royal Plymouth are...
