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The Trust has welcomed the first cohort on its brand new training programme which will see 12 healthcare support workers (HCSWs) undertake an 18 month course to become Assistant Practitioners (AP).

This is the first time Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has provided this training, which is delivered in partnership with Somerset College, and will see the HCSWs commit to undertake a Higher...

Plymouth police rolled up their sleeves to lend a hand to two retired nuns who have been repeatedly conned by rogue traders for shoddy home and garden work.

Gemma Summers, 70, and Rachel Wadding, 76, handed thousands of pounds to cold callers this year on the promise that they would carry out a range of work at their Leigham home.

In one instance they were charged around £3,500...

Young patients and staff at Derriford Hospital have been celebrating National Play in Hospital Week by organising lots of fun things, including a visit from Emazdad the Magician and having a magical visit from Upon a Wish, where Anna from Frozen created smiles throughout our children’s wards.

The event, which ran from Monday 28 September – Sunday 4 October was organised by the National...

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are part of an international consortium which has received funding of almost €3 million from the EU Horizon 2020 programme, to investigate methods to prevent, diagnose and treat non-communicable lung disease (such as asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disorder – COPD) in low and middle income countries....