Health & Beauty

To mark the introduction of a new menu, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust will be offering free menu samples to visitors, staff and the public in the main entrance to Derriford Hospital on level 6 on Monday 3 June 2013.

The existing patient menu has evolved over the last three years, with small changes made as a result of feedback from patients, matrons and housekeeping staff as well as...

Devon’s NHS has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award thanks to improvements it has made to dementia care in the county.

The local NHS, which includes Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, will find out if it has won a Care Integration Award at a ceremony in London on Tuesday 9 July 2013.

The nomination is for the development of a dementia care pathway that has already...

A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous system.

The study is published in Brain: A Journal of Neurology .

Tumour suppressors exist in cells to prevent abnormal cell...

To mark International Clinical Trials Day on Monday 20 May, Derriford Hospital staff from the Research and Development Team will be holding a stand outside the restaurant on level 7 between 10am and 4pm.

Staff will be available to offer advice and inform staff, visitors and patients about the clinical trials and research across the Trust, the benefits to patients and how to get...