Health & Beauty

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust appoints new Medical Director

Consultant Radiologist Dr Phil Hughes been appointed to the position of Medical Director with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Medical Director is the most senior doctor’s role in management in the Trust and Dr Hughes will sit on the Trust Board providing experience and advice on all medical matters and ensuring that appropriate systems and mechanisms are in place to safeguard the...

Study suggests clinicians' decision making could be affected by 'precious baby' phenomenon

Parents who conceive through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are likely to receive different medical advice in relation to prenatal testing than those who conceive naturally, academics have suggested.

An international study has revealed that almost 45% of clinicians would immediately recommend a 37-year-old mother undergo amniocentesis – an invasive prenatal test which screens...

Test that identifies seven classes of breast cancer could be available within two years say UK scientists

Writing in the British Journal of Cancer, the Nottingham researchers say a new test could help doctors tailor treatment better and boost survival rates.

Local business woman Terri Bainbridge, who recently launched Thermalogica, a ground-breaking health screening service with business partner Lisa Portman, gives her first-hand experience of having cancer and how this inspired her to...

Stoptober challenge reaches new high as country’s biggest mass quit attempt

Brits could add 4,700 years to their lives and £34.5 million to their wallets.

People in Plymouth have joined nearly a quarter of a million people across England and Wales in turning their back on cigarettes this month to reap the financial, social and health benefits from taking part in the mass 28-day stop smoking challenge, Stoptober.

Research shows that stopping smoking...

Devon’s NHS joins forces with national charity to improve healthcare for lesbian, gay and bisexual people

Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been successful in a bid to take part in national charity Stonewall’s Health Champion programme.

It is the only CCG in the south west to be accepted onto the programme this year and one of just five CCGs in England.

Involvement in the programme means the CCG becomes a health champion for lesbian, gay and...

Your health, your future, your say – transforming community health services in Plymouth and Western Devon

Doctors in Western Devon are inviting people to help shape the future of health services in their communities.

Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is set to work with patients, carers, councillors and members of the public to decide how community healthcare services should look and be provided in future.

This follows the national Transforming...

Health and wellbeing event for people who have had a laryngectomy

A special health and wellbeing event will be held this Friday to provide support to people and their families and carers living with a laryngectomy in Devon and Cornwall.

The event is being held in the Mustard Tree Cancer Support Centre and is being run by the speech and language therapists in the peninsula area (Plymouth, Torbay, Cornwall and Exeter), in conjunction with the Macmillan...

Billions could be saved by improving children's health, says Chief Medical Officer

  • Report on children’s health makes strong case for change as data shows five excess child deaths per day in UK compared to Sweden
  • Billions could be saved by investing in young people

Much more needs to be done to improve UK children’s health, and acting early will save taxpayers’ money, the Chief Medical Officer has said in a frank assessment of the state of the...

Healthcare students and professionals to benefit from new drug calculations App

Healthcare students and professionals are to be given a helping hand with drug calculations thanks to a new App developed at Plymouth University.

'Mastering Drug Calculations' was designed by Dr Miriam McMullan, a Lecturer of Health Professions at the University, in a bid to prevent medication administration errors, which can have serious consequences, particularly for children....

New health and wellbeing clinic for breast cancer patients

Women in Plymouth who are living with a breast cancer diagnosis now have the opportunity to meet other women to share their experience and offer support to each other after their treatment.

Health and Wellbeing clinics have been identified by The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) as one of the key interventions which could make an immediate difference to patients living...

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