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Free NHS flu vaccination clinics available across Devon

It’s not too late to have your free NHS flu vaccination to protect yourself and your loved ones this winter.

Due to the current increase in the rates of flu and other respiratory infections, extra drop-in clinics are running for those eligible to get their free NHS...

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Stay on track with Reebok's Christmas Survival Guide

As Christmas is fast approaching and the abundance of food near, Reebok’s Master Trainers have created a Christmas Survival Guide to help you stay on track of your fitness goals whilst still enjoying the fruits of the festive period.

Incorporate little exercises on a daily basis – they will add up!

Start the day balanced. When brushing your teeth stand on one leg to activate...

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Give the gift of blood this Christmas

This Christmas more than 200,000 blood donors are needed across the UK to give a very special gift and help hundreds of thousands of patients.

Across Devon there are 2,000 fewer donors now than in 2012, according to BBC Radio Devon.

Last year 1 in 5 blood donor appointments were missed over the festive period putting NHS Blood and Transplant’s critical operation under...

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Plymouth awarded £1.44m to improve adult health and social care services

Plymouth City Council, in a co-operative agreement with NHS NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC) have been awarded £1.44 million to help join up adult health and social care services across Plymouth.

Bringing health and social care services together will mean that more people can be supported to live independently at home, unnecessary...

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Obese are in denial about their weight

A MAJORITY of obese people in Britain would not describe themselves as “obese”, and many would not even describe themselves as “very overweight”, according to a Cancer Research UK study.

In one of the first studies of its kind to examine British perceptions of obesity, fewer than 10 per cent of those who are clinically obese accept they have a serious weight problem.

In a 2012...

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Time to take action on asthma in South West

More than six months after the National Review of Asthma Deaths highlighted the complacency about asthma care, research from Asthma UK published on Friday shows that almost 8 out of 10 people in the South West are still not receiving care that meets the most basic clinical standards (79%).1 This is despite the fact that good basic asthma care prevents life-threatening asthma attacks and...

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Historic cancer research partnership launched

Patients, carers, scientists, clinicians, supporters and charities from across the UK gathered on 20 November for the launch of an historic new partnership between the charity Brain Tumour Research and Plymouth University. Together they have established a new Research Centre of Excellence, which will focus on low grade brain tumours - some of the most overlooked forms of brain tumours....

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Raising awareness of the correct use of antibiotics

Members of our Infection Prevention and Control Team have designed a display board in Derriford Hospital to highlight to colleagues, patients and members of the public the importance of using antibiotics correctly.

The display board, on level 7 of Derriford Hospital, put together by Tash Tait of the Infection Prevention and Control Team, provides interesting facts on antibiotics, what...

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Pledge to go red for HIV Testing Week

People across Plymouth are being urged to pledge to go red for HIV Testing Week (22-30 November 2014) and World AIDS Day (1 December 2014)

The Eddystone Trust, the local HIV and sexual health charity, and Plymouth City Council which is the strategic lead for Public Health in the city have joined forces to promote better HIV awareness in the city.

There are an estimated 107,800...

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Neonatal Unit marks World Prematurity Day

On Monday (17 November) mums, dads, babies and children joined staff from our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to mark World Prematurity Day.

The day is aimed at raising awareness of babies who are born too soon. To mark the day, staff from the unit held a special cake sale and invited parents, who have previously been on the unit, and their babies, to join them for the celebrations...

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Plymouth Hospitals Cancer Services embrace ‘Hello My Name is…’

The ‘Hello My Name is…’ campaign has arrived at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, as part of a Trust-wide initiative to remind staff of the importance of clear communication in the delivery of quality care.

Widely publicised on social media under the #hellomynameis hashtag, the campaign was founded by Dr Kate Granger, an Elderly Medicine Registrar at St James University Hospital in Leeds...

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