A new cross-city link from Derriford Hospital to Langage will be launched on Monday 4 November as part of a review of Plymouth’s subsidised bus services.
The ‘Plymouth Connect’ – a new and improved Service 14 – will offer much greater coverage than it does currently, linking Derriford Hospital and Langage via Devonport, the city centre, Cattedown, Plymstock and Plympton.
A new report into Plymouth Hospitals Trust has indicated that it is at a moderately low level of risk of failing to provide safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led services.
The healthcare watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has published a new 'Intelligent Monitoring Report' for each of the 161 acute and mental health trusts in England.
Proposals for a new bus link road between Derriford Hospital and the University of St Mark and St John (Marjon) have been submitted to city planners.
The Marjon Link Road Scheme will provide a two-way, bus-only road between Marjon and Derriford Hospital, with a segregated cycleway and footpath. It will allow buses to bypass part of the A386 and Derriford Roundabout, improving bus...
Women in Plymouth who are living with a breast cancer diagnosis now have the opportunity to meet other women to share their experience and offer support to each other after their treatment.
Health and Wellbeing clinics have been identified by The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) as one of the key interventions which could make an immediate difference to patients living...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near to Tavistock on Sunday.
The collision involved a motorcycle and a Land Rover on the A386 near to the Dartmoor Inn at Mary Tavy at around 2.30pm.
A Yamaha 1100cc motorcycle which was being ridden by a 56-year-old man from Okehampton with a 51-year-old female pillion passenger, was travelling in the direction...
Emergency services, including two fire engines from Plymstock and Greenbank in Plymouth, were mobilised after Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue received reports of a serious two vehicle collision early on Wednesday morning (2 October) on Billacombe Road in Plymstock.
Crews got to work using hydraullic cutting gear and small tools to release two casualties who were "medically trapped"...
There will be a special service of remembrance for parents who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby. The service will take place on Sunday 6 October at 2pm and will be held in the chapel on level seven at Derriford Hospital. The Chapel will be also be open from 1.00pm for the opportunity to meet other parents and talk things over with a chaplain, as...
Derriford Hospital's first public Open Day in more than a decade has been hailed as a massive success.
More than 2,000 people went along to Plymouth's flagship NHS hospital on Saturday 28 September to find out for themselves what goes on behind the doors and managers say that the initial feedback has been "overwhelming positive".
The doors officially opened at 10am but visitors...
Inspectors from the public health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), have re-inspected theatres at Derriford Hospital and are satisfied that surgical safety has considerably improved.
The re-inspection follows the formal warning handed to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in July after an investigation in April into eight serious patient safety incidents at the flagship hospital...
