Health & Beauty

Stoptober is back this year and among those in Plymouth vowing to quit smoking is a new grandmother who wants to be able to spend more time with her grandson who was born prematurely.

Stoptober is the 28 day stop smoking campaign led by Public Health England and backed by Plymouth City Council, which nationally has driven over 1 million quit attempts. It is based on research that shows...

Beacon Medical Group is proud to be rolling out its No Waiting Room initiative to Glenside patients from October.

The No Waiting Room initiative will see an Urgent Care Team (UCT), comprising practice pharmacists, advanced paramedic practitioners, nurse practitioners and GPs providing patients with the right specialist, at the right time.

Patients registered at Glenside Medical...

Over 560,000 adults aged 40–60 in the South West do not achieve ten minutes of continuous brisk walking over the course of a month and are missing out on health benefits, according to according to evidence reviewed by Public Health England (PHE).

The findings also reveal how lifestyles have changed over time, showing that people in the UK are 20% less active now than they were in the...

Two teams have successfully retained the necessary accreditation to continue the high quality level of care offered to patients in Clinical Haematology and Oncology at Derriford Hospital.

As the main referral centre for the South West Peninsula Transplant Service, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust requires an inspection every few years by an international standards and accreditation body,...