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People from South West Peninsula urged to Be Part of Research

Devon residents are being urged to sign up to a new UK-wide health and care research registry, as part of the nation’s biggest-ever recruitment drive for clinical trials.

The call comes as new figures reveal that more than 63,000 participants took part in health and care research...

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Are you the region's fittest person over 65?

If you are over 65 and still like to keep active, know that age is just a number and you take pride in putting younger people to shame with your fitness routines, then don your training shoes and enter the national search to find the UK’s most active person aged 65 and over, starting with a regional winner from the South West.

Launched by well-known celebrity fitness guru Mr Motivator...

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Knitters wanted to help with dementia project

Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Health Care of the Elderly Wards are looking for volunteers to help them make more ‘Twiddle Muffs’ to keep up with the high demand.

Twiddle Muff Comforters are designed to provide a simple stimulation activity for active hands and can often reassure and comfort patients, particularly those living with dementia.

Having something to hold and...

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Find out what Derriford Hospital's new helipad means to Peninsula Trauma Centre

In 2012, Derriford Hospital officially became the Peninsula Trauma Centre as part of a new region-wide system in the South West.

This consists of two trauma care networks, each with a major trauma centre at the heart of the network and is supported by the ambulance and air ambulances services, trauma units, local acute hospitals, specialist rehabilitation and many other associated...

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One in 5 living with undiagnosed back pain

One in five people in the South West (19 per cent) are suffering from debilitating lower back pain and do not have a diagnosis for their symptoms.

This is leading to widespread anxiety, depression and avoidable time off work, new research suggests.

The figures out this week from Nuffield Health reveal that the combination of a lack of access to treatment and diagnostics, poor...

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Hospital's new helipad gets its 'H'

After nearly seven months, the official launch of Derriford Hospital's new helipad is now fast approaching and will be taking place on Friday 5th June.

The helipad is going through its final stages of completion and now has a marked letter ‘H’ in the centre, allowing it to be clearly visible from the air.

The ‘H’ symbolises that this is a helipad and that it is operational....

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Incubator push raises funds for NICU

Derriford Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have organised an incubator push on Saturday 30th May; hospital staff, parents and friends will be pushing an incubator from Plymouth City Centre to Derriford Hospital, covering approximately 10 miles, to raise funds for the ‘Keep Me Close’ campaign.

The campaign is aiming to raise £2 million to redevelop a new area of the...

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Stay sun safe during school holidays

With thousands planning early summer holidays abroad over half term, and forecasters predicting intermittent hot and sunny weather appearing locally over the bank holiday weekend, health professionals are reminding the public to enjoy the sun safely while they make the most of their holiday.

Devon has some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the UK, with over 300 cases of malignant...

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Concern as stroke rates soar

The number of strokes occurring in men aged between 40 and 54 has rocketed by almost 50% in less than 15 years, according to the Stroke Association.

An analysis of hospital admission data by the charity, to mark Action on Stroke Month 2015, reveals that in 2000, there were over 4,260 hospital admissions for stroke among men aged between 40 and 54 in England. This figure soared to 6,221...

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Midday Mile to get workers moving

The inaugural mass participation, Workplace Challenge Midday Mile takes place at noon on Wednesday 20th May.

Devon employees will be joining with others across the country, taking a break from their desks, factories and shop floors to walk, jog, run, or cycle this fun, social, mile.

Workplace Challenge in the county is coordinated by Active Devon and the midday mile is one of a...

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Clinical trials event in Plymouth

If you’re in the city centre this weekend, look out for members of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's Research and Development Team who will be raising awareness of health research and offering passers-by the opportunity to get involved in a clinical trial simulation.

On Saturday 16 May, from 10am until 1pm, the team will be at the stand near the sundial in the city centre. They will be on...

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