University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has won two awards at the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA), which is the first and only awards programme in the country to recognise best practice in patient experience across all facets of health and social care.
The Secret Garden won on two categories, ‘Environment of Care’ and ‘Support for Caregivers, Friends and...
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is pleased to announce the opening of the new Bigbury Orthopaedic Surgical Suite. The new surgical suite is now fully operational and saw its first patients go through the three dedicated elective orthopaedic theatres in June.
Located on level 2 of Derriford Hospital, the theatre facility will support complex and non-complex orthopaedic...
The year-long trial with the South West Liver Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust will see 50 patients undergoing assessment and listing for liver transplant. If successful, the service may be expanded to patients living with other liver diseases and who currently are not on the list.
Prehab is a relatively new area of healthcare that focuses on improving the general...
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has received a prestigious Centre of Excellence award from leading national charity Muscular Dystrophy UK.
The charity for more than 110,000 children and adults in the UK living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions awarded UHP for providing outstanding care, promoting best practice locally and nationally and...
Patients at University Hospitals Plymouth can now take a virtual tour of the Plymouth Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) thanks to the South West Neonatal Network.
The aim of these tours is to help alleviate stress and anxiety for families around the admission, transfer, and care within a neonatal unit.
The South West Neonatal Network developed these tours following...
People with eye conditions will be able to access a brand-new state-of-the-art facility this year as the building for a new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) is well underway.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust’s new REI on William Prance Road will include theatres, an increased number of treatment rooms and an expanded area for children.
A nurse at University Hospitals Plymouth has encouraged the creation of a new awards category in the upcoming Student Nursing Times Awards, to include clinical research.
Joy O’Gorman is a newly qualified nurse who has recently started working for the Trust, having graduated from the University of Plymouth last year. Working together with Ruth Endacott, Honorary Professor at the...
A general surgery team from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are finalists in the Green Surgery Challenge 2021, thanks to their project on reducing the consumption of single-use surgical equipment.
The University Hospitals Plymouth team were one of six teams chosen to take part in the nationwide competition, which is supported by sustainable healthcare specialists at the...
A new system that ensures patient safety through the efficient coordination of medical tasks across wards at night-time has successfully launched at University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP).
Nervecentre’s Hospital at Night, which launched on Monday 02 August, is the centralised mobile digital platform that provides the means to prioritise and monitor patient care across the night shift...
The Patient Services team at University Hospitals Plymouth are looking for volunteers who can help support patients to access their NHS care through digital platforms and become ‘Digital Health Champions’.
“Since the start of the pandemic, like many health care organisations, we have had to move to using more online and virtual consultations in order to keep our patients, their...
