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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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Mum-of-three says routine eye test saved her sight

As part of National Eye Health awareness week Specsavers across Plymouth are highlighting how an eye examination could save your sight and in some cases your life.

Megan Turner, 22, had been suffering debilitating headaches for months. She had seen specialists, but they could find nothing wrong. She booked an appointment for an eye test at the Exeter Specsavers store, where the...

Sales of anti-anxiety blankets surge as Brits lose sleep over September blues

Data revealed this week has shown a surge in sales of anti-anxiety blankets, ahead of what has been deemed as ‘September blues’ - with the looming Brexit deadline, changing weather, and back to studying worries, affecting sleep.

Commerce platform, Wowcher, has shown a 226% month-on-month increase in sales of their weighted anxiety blankets in August. The trending products, which are...

Why you should choose a FUE hair transplant

The FUE hair transplant procedure is really the best option for most people and it can be used not only for hair on your scalp but also for your eyebrows. The FUE involves the extraction of small patches of skin containing hair follicles. These sections of scalp are called follicular units and the idea behind developing the FUE was to ensure that there was less removal of large pieces of...

Bowel cancer event focuses on family links and endoscopy

Members of the Plymouth and District Bowel Cancer Support Group have visited Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre to find out more about family links to bowel cancer, and how endoscopy is used to help with early diagnosis of the condition.

Attendees were given a presentation by Dr Selina Goodman, a genetic counsellor from the University of Plymouth. Dr Goodman is the creator of Family Web...

A Guide for Doctors: Protecting Your Patients against Future Complications

You have a duty of care to protect your patients not only in the present day, but also in the future. For this to be the case, the healthcare that you provide needs to extend itself way past the confines of your hospital or practice. Even when they’re back at home, the treatment that you administer should keep your patients safe from all the health-related problems that have the potential to...

Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in top 25% to achieve national certification

Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth is within the top 25% of hospitals in the country to be named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider.

The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement operations in order to improve clinical results for patients, clinicians and the health sector. The registry collects high quality...

Urgent appeal for Devon families to talk about organ donation

During Organ Donation Week, September 2 to 8, NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant.

Last year, 85 people in Devon had their lives saved by a transplant. If more people agreed to donate, more lives would be saved in Devon and around the...

City surgeons welcome study which shows hip pain ‘worse than death’

New research from the University of Edinburgh has disproved the perception that pain from hip and knee arthritis is only mildly discomforting and that surgery is optional, as the results of the study show that 1 in 5 patients waiting for a hip replacement are experiencing a level of pain ‘worse than death’.

The results have been welcomed by orthopaedic surgeons at Peninsula NHS...

Things men should see a doctor for, but don’t

A shocking study recently revealed that three-quarters of men will avoid going to the doctors when showing signs of an illness. Whether it’s due to “not having enough time”, or simply feeling embarrassed, many men put off going to the doctors even if they feel under the weather. But what exactly are the conditions that cause men to avoid the doctors like the plague? Here are some common things...

How to stay active with Osteoporosis

Many people are under the mistaken notion that if a person suffering from osteoporosis does regular exercise, it will lead to a fracture. In reality it is actually the opposite. Using your muscles helps in protecting your bones.

Osteoporosis is a bone weakening disability that is more common in older women. It often results in fractures in the spine and hip which can hinder your...

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