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Charity brings Christmas cheer to children's wards

A generous Plymouth charity brought Christmas cheer and lots of cuddles to our children’s wards last week.

Representatives from Becca’s Bear dropped in to the Activity Centre on level 12 on Tuesday 16 December, armed with tons of teddy bears for donation to the children on the wards.

Santa and Build A Bear mascot, Bearemy were also on hand to help with distributing the bears...

Don't face you troubles alone...

Most people feel worried, low, fearful or distressed at some time in their lives and these feelings often appear heightened at during the festive period.

Money or health worries, loneliness, or family tensions, don’t simply disappear just because it’s Christmas. In fact, these stresses can be worse at this time of year.

The hype associated with Christmas and New Year can make...

Local mums praise home births team

More mums are choosing to have their babies at home and they are singing the praises of the maternity team who supported and assisted them.

Last month saw a nearly 7% homebirth rate for the Jubilee Team, a dedicated team of midwives, with a particular interest in supporting women to give birth at home, who provide our home birth service.

Since 2012, the Jubilee Team have...

SW house prices to increase by 2% in 2015

House prices in the UK will see an average increase of three percent over the course of next year, bolstered by recent changes to Stamp Duty, continuing demand and lack of supply of property, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2015. The forecast looks ahead to the next 12 months, across all parts of the housing market, from house prices, sales, rents and housing starts and repossession...

A year with zero MRSA bacteraemias

Plymouth Hospitals NHS has reached a significant milestone this week – a year without any patient having an MRSA bacteraemia (blood stream infection).

This is a fantastic achievement for staff at the large, specialist Trust and is testament to their hard work and dedication to reduce infections.

Dr Peter Jenks, Director of Infection Prevention and Control, said: “An MRSA blood-...

Festive family fun at City Museum

Children can get crafty in the build-up to Christmas with festive family activities at the City Museum and Art Gallery.

On Saturday 20 December there's a chance to make robin-themed masks, bunting and other items at two ‘Rocking Robins’ craft sessions.

These will be followed by ‘White Christmas’ activities on Wednesday 24 December, where children can create collages, make...

New public art work at The Minster

The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, has announced a new and exciting commission, entitled ‘Vision for the Pillars’, to achieve the creation of an iconic work of art for the city of Plymouth.

In November 2012 a team from St Andrew’s won first prize in a national competition, sponsored by the Jerusalem Trust, awarded for the best developed proposal for commissioning a new work of...

Sainsbury’s donate toys to Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital have said a massive thank you to Sainsbury’s for their generous donation of lots of new toys and games for the children staying on their wards.

Grace Evans, PR Ambassador for Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills Store, said: “We are delighted to support the wards again this year, with our annual toy appeal. Our customers and colleagues have been very generous again this year and...

Family carers discriminated against for raising relatives’ children

Nearly half of the UK’s 200,000 grandparents and kinship carers who are bringing up relatives’ children in traumatic circumstances face stigma and discrimination, often from public officials, with their children bullied and excluded from activities and many carers forced to give up their jobs, according to the first survey of its kind.

The survey Disadvantage, discrimination, reslience...

Plymouth Hospitals launches Mayflower Peer Support Group

The official launch of the Mayflower Peer Support Group took place this week.

The support service involves kidney patients helping other kidney patients who are facing similar situations. It aims to give short term practical, emotional and social support to people with chronic kidney disease, their families or carers, based on common experiences.

Peer supporters are patients...

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