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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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Love your heart - get health advice at Stoke Library

Stoke Library is hosting a special event on Friday 28 February where you can get advice on how to keep your heart healthy.

The Hearty Lives event, which runs from 11am-2pm, will also include free exercise taster sessions and blood pressure checks, as well as advice about weight management.

The aim of the day is to highlight factors associated with an increased risk of heart...

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Minister sees some of the best of Derriford Hospital

Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, visited Derriford Hospital today, to meet with staff and see the services provided.

Dr Poulter has worked as an NHS hospital doctor specialising primarily in obstetrics, gynaecology and women’s health. He continues to practice medicine as an NHS hospital doctor on a part-time basis as well as serving as an MP and...

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Take another look at Maternity Services

Mums and dads can now find all the information they need about the maternity services offered by Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust thanks to the launch of its revamped website.

The new website features:

Videos – including a tour of the maternity unit, services offered in the community, homebirth and antenatal care.
Self-referral forms for pregnancy and antenatal

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Patient packs now available at Derriford Hospital

Patient packs developed by nursing and procurement staff at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust are now available.

The patient packs, which are filled with essential toiletries, are available on all wards and departments and will be given to patients who do not have suitable provisions with them when they come into hospital. Anti-slip slippers are also be available for those patients who need...

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Diabetes service one of the top performing in the country

Derriford Hospital's diabetes service for young people has been recognised as best in the West Country and one of the top performing units in the country for reducing the risk of young people developing diabetic complications, according to data published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Results recently published in the national paediatric diabetes audit for 2011-...

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Be Clear on Cancer

Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has thrown its weight behind a national campaign to encourage older women to visit their GP if they are unsure about breast cancer.

With one in three women (35 per cent) diagnosed with breast cancer in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset each year aged 70 or over, older women should not assume they are no longer at risk of...

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Shrug off the January blues at Plympton Library

Plympton Library is hosting a special ‘Looking Good, Feeling Great’ event on Friday 31 January to help re-energise everyone after the Christmas break.

The event, which will run from 10am to 1pm, is being organised in partnership with City College Plymouth and will include pampering sessions.

Hair and beauty students will be providing free tasters including mini manicures, hand...

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Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows

Diabetes research led by the University of Exeter Medical School has underlined the importance of people with diabetes achieving their blood sugar goals, to reduce the risk of complications.

The team analysed people with a specific genetic change (Glucokinase Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, or MODY), which means they have elevated blood glucose levels from birth. These higher...

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Losing weight tops South West's New Year's resolutions

With millions of people in the South West making well-intended pledges just over a week ago, a survey of the nation’s willpower commissioned by one of the UK’s leading motorway operators, Welcome Break, has revealed the region to be the one that most wants to lose weight and give up fatty foods this year, with 58% of people in the South West area of the country committing to living a healthier...

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Patients encouraged to help ease pressures on the NHS by self caring

A new poster campaign aimed at helping patients get the help they need this winter has been launched by the British Medical Association. The posters, distributed to all GP practices across the South West encourages patients to self-care , for example when suffering from colds or sore throat, rather than visiting their local GP or A&E.

The campaign comes at a time when excess...

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