Family and friends of Sam Bishop paid a special visit to Penrose Intensive Care Unit last week (Thursday 30 April), to generously donate five iPads to the unit and to thank staff for the care he had received whilst staying at Derriford Hospital.
In July 2014, Sam spent almost six weeks on Penrose, before being moved to Burrator Ward and then to Mount Gould Hospital.
A couple who lost their baby daughter through stillbirth today celebrated, with mixed emotions, opening a special bereavement suite in the maternity unit.
Greg and Jen Phillips set up the Snowdrop Appeal in 2009, after Jen gave birth to Jasmine, who was stillborn at 32 weeks.
Greg explained: “I will never forget the room we had Jasmine in. It was so drab and the skyblue walls...
Across England, more than 30,000 patients each week now wait too long to be seen in local A&E departments – an increase of more than 50 per cent on the same period last year. In Derriford Hospital, this figure is at 54%.
For the first time, Labour Party analysis of official NHS England data names the A&E departments where performance deteriorated most significantly in the last...
A multi-award winning project that supports young adults with learning disabilities to find and keep paid employment is looking to recruit further people to benefit from its services starting in September.
Project SEARCH is a partnership that provides real work experience based in Derriford Hospital Plymouth, where interns learn the skills that all employers need together with specific...
A big thank you to Derriford Hospital’s League of Friends, for purchasing an artificial jellyfish tank for the patient day room on Hembury Ward.
Coming into hospital can be distressing, especially for those patients living with dementia, when routine and familiarity is broken. Many patients become disorientated, frustrated and can be agitated.
After nearly seven months, Derriford Hospital is close to finishing the new helipad, which will be in operation by June, allowing a wider range of aircraft to land on site and being accessible 24 hours a day.
Currently the hospital does not have a recognised helipad and instead has a small grassed-over area adjacent to the Emergency Department, which has been used as a set-down area...
Volunteers Robin Younge and Elizabeth Taylor run a table top sale every Tuesday between 8.30am–12.30pm, in the Main Outpatients Department at Derriford Hospital, which raises funds for The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund.
Since setting up the table in 2006, a total of £26,000.00 has been raised for the charity, with members of the public donating items to sell, including knitted...
Family and friends of Thomas Willcocks paid a special visit to Pencarrow Intensive Care Unit today, to thank staff for the care he had received.
After spending time on Pencarrow, Thomas sadly passed away in January 2015 and his family decided that they wanted to make a donation to the Pencarrow Nurses Fund. After donations at the funeral, in the workplace and from friends, a cheque of...
A mother and daughter paid a special visit to staff on Birch Ward yesterday to say ‘thank you’ to the staff for the care of their late husband and father.
Sarah Hargreave’s late husband, Len, was diagnosed with diabetes last year and following further tests, he was found to have an aggressive form of leukaemia, known as acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
As part of National Apprenticeship Week 2015, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust hosted an information open day, which welcomed sixth formers from schools across Plymouth, including St Boniface's Catholic College, Eggbuckland Community College, Lipson Community College and Ridgeway, into the hospital.
There were department stands and there were current and past apprentices at the event,...
