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Now open: Rockfish Sidmouth

Award-winning sustainable seafood restaurant group Rockfish , from CEO and Founder Mitch Tonks, has officially opened its Sidmouth restaurant on Tuesday 17th March, marking the brand’s eleventh restaurant location along the South West coast of England.

Located at Port Royal on Sidmouth...

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Successful pilot of Maths and English for Employment Course

Employment programmes should involve more than just job searching but focus more on improving potential employees’ skills, according to speakers at a recent “Association of Employment and Learning Providers” National Conference.

In particular, evidence shows that low English and Maths skills really hamper the likelihood of a person finding the kind of job they really want, succeeding...

Fete celebrates local food, drink and crafts

Tamar Grow Local and Saltram House will be celebrating the summer in true English country fete style on the weekend of 26 and 27 July in the grounds of the beautiful 18th century estate in Plymouth.

Over 50 food producers, artists and makers will be heading to Saltram over the weekend for the Summer Fete which will showcase local food, drink and crafts made in Cornwall and Devon....

Think Pink - Stop Red - prevent pressure ulcers

Our Tissue Viability Team have been wearing their pink t-shirts and hosting a series of events across Derriford Hospital this week to encourage people to ‘Stop the Pressure’.

The team have been on hand to provide advice, support and guidance to staff, patients and members of the public to promote the importance of pressure ulcer prevention.

Pressure ulcers, sometimes referred...

Improved access to hospital follow-up appointments

In many cases hospital follow-up appointments for those with long-term conditions are made when the appointment diary can accommodate them. Often they do not take into account how a patient might be feeling at that time - they may be well and not need any active care.

A partnership project between the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) and the National Institute for...

Moscow State Circus comes to Plymouth

Set in the mystical centre of Moscow’s cultural & artistic quarter Park Gorkogo (Gorky Park) is the perfect back drop for who are undoubtedly the greatest circus artistes on earth.

Superstar Clowns Splendid Pavlik & Klava invite the audience to this wondrous and mysterious place, a place to romance, a place to stroll & take in Moscow at sunset & a place to see...

Certificate of excellence for Exeter restaurant

An independent restaurant based in the city-centre is recognised as a top performing food and drink destination by globally recognised TripAdvisor; renowned as an unbiased holiday and restaurant review forum. Lloyd’s Kitchen based in Catherine Street, has been awarded the ‘2014 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence’ following consistently excellent reviews direct from its customers.

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Smoking increases risk of dementia says WHO

Smokers have a 45 per cent higher risk of developing all forms of dementia than non-smokers, according to a report published on Wednesday.

The report, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) also states that 14 per cent of Alzheimer's disease cases worldwide are estimated to be potentially attributable to smoking....

Research to reduce pain for pregnant women

A partnership between a Cornwall-based business and Plymouth University means that research at the Royal Cornwall Hospital could lead to a reduction in a major source of pain for pregnant women.

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Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) occurs in an estimated seventy per cent of women during pregnancy and ranges from mild symptoms to severe disability. It is difficult to manage...

Schemes encourage safer sexual behaviour in young adults

Young adults report being offered a chlamydia test has a positive impact on their subsequent healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour, according to a new Public Health England (PHE) report out this week.

After testing for chlamydia, 62% of respondents to an anonymous web survey reported they were more likely to use condoms with a new partner and 66% reported they were more likely to...

Early report on views on future of community services to be heard by clinical commissioning group’s Governing Body

The initial report that summarises the feedback from local people and organisations on the future of Devon’s community healthcare services is to be heard today (Wednesday 16 July) by the doctors responsible for commissioning them.

The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) has received more than 250 responses from individuals and on behalf of...

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