University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) has become the first research site in the world to successfully recruit more than 500 volunteers to ENSEMBLE 2, an international Covid-19 vaccine trial, and remains top of the leader board.
The study, which launched in November last year, seeks to recruit up to 30,000 people worldwide in order to test the safety and effectiveness of a new vaccine,...
University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) is currently taking part in a country-wide urgent public health study to understand whether healthcare workers who have antibodies to COVID-19 are protected against future infections of the virus.
Sarscov2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation, or SIREN, aims to recruit 500 members of Trust staff - a number which it is fast approaching after just...
Plymouth researchers are thanking local patients who have taken part in a clinical trial of the antiviral drug remdesivir in the treatment of coronavirus. Remdesivir was recently approved by the NHS to treat COVID-19: the first drug to be licensed for this use in the UK .
The trial took place at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, part of a global study across North America and Europe....
Senior Sister Ali Griffiths from University Hospitals Plymouth has turned her experience of grief into positive change for bereaved relatives.
As part of the Trust’s Innovation Programme, Ali and a team of innovators have worked together to improve the way personal belongings are returned to families after someone has passed away.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has achieved its highest scores to-date since the introduction of patient-led annual assessments five years ago.
The Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) is part of a national system that aims to help NHS organisations understand how well they are meeting the needs of their patients and to identify where improvements can be made...
