People in need of Orthopaedic surgery will benefit from increased theatre capacity in Devon at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
Patients including those waiting for knee and hip replacements, shoulder replacements and spinal fusion, have experienced long waits due to limited theatre capacity and the demand for emergency surgery. But three new theatres will help to restore...
A brand new, purpose-built GP practice opens for the people of Crediton and the surrounding areas this week thanks to collaborative working between local GPs and the wider NHS.
Located on Joseph Locke Way, it enables the clinical teams from Redlands Primary Care to provide patients with the care they need more efficiently and easily from a modern, purpose-built facility.
More and more people in Devon are seeing their GPs as services continue to adapt to keep people safe from coronavirus.
Services like routine vaccinations and smear tests are now being offered, in addition to usual weekday GP appointments which can be held by phone, online or face-to-face.
Many people are surprised to know that GP services are fully available. Here’s how it...
In good news for the 100,000 patients who undergo the procedure in the UK each year, traction - a technique known to the military surgeons of Ancient Greece - could become an integral part of modern knee replacement surgery, according to a study published in the International Journal of Orthopaedics.
The study was carried out at the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre, Plymouth, UK, by...
Devon’s GP practices are helping the fight against COVID-19 by enabling patients to consult their doctor without leaving the house, either online, by the telephone or through video.
More than 90% of the county’s practices have now signed up to the eConsult online platform, which allows patients to access services from their smartphone, tablet or computer.
Special arrangements are in place to make sure people in Devon can access GP and pharmacy services over the Easter weekend.
To respond to the current high demand from patients, GP practices across Devon, Torbay and Plymouth will be opening on Good Friday and Easter Monday as if they were normal working weekdays – from 8am to 6pm. Since the start of the outbreak, practices across the...
Beacon Medical Group is proud to be rolling out its No Waiting Room initiative to Glenside patients from October.
The No Waiting Room initiative will see an Urgent Care Team (UCT), comprising practice pharmacists, advanced paramedic practitioners, nurse practitioners and GPs providing patients with the right specialist, at the right time.
Beacon Medical Group is proud to be rolling out its No Waiting Room initiative to Glenside patients from October.
The No Waiting Room initiative will see an Urgent Care Team (UCT), comprising practice pharmacists, advanced paramedic practitioners, nurse practitioners and GPs providing patients with the right specialist, at the right time.
A pioneering health and wellbeing hub could be on the cards for people living in Efford and Laira.
People may be able to access a wider range of health and wellbeing advice and support in one place under exciting new plans being unveiled for Douglass House this week.
Pathfields Practice is teaming up with the Council, healthcare commissioners and other service providers to look...
A brand new surgery and homes are to be built on West Hoe in Plymouth.
West Hoe Surgery will be getting a brand new expanded building to cater for more patients, and there will also be 14 new homes. The greenlight has now been given to go ahead with the new doctors surgery, eight town houses and six apartments.
West Hoe Developments are due to purchase the existing surgery from...
