A new system that ensures patient safety through the efficient coordination of medical tasks across wards at night-time has successfully launched at University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP).
Nervecentre’s Hospital at Night, which launched on Monday 02 August, is the centralised mobile digital platform that provides the means to prioritise and monitor patient care across the night shift...
THE trends for staycationing and working from home have inspired the interior designers behind a new show home in Barnstaple, Devon. Elan Homes has opened a professionally styled and fully furnished finished example of the five-bedroom detached Dunham at Pickards at Larkbear. It’s available to view by appointment only, offering an insight into life at the popular development.
People across Devon are being warned about six subtle signs that show their ears and eyes are telling them something serious about their health.
Just as simple headaches and sudden weight fluctuations can reveal deeper health concerns, eyes and ears can also give some clues that a potential health concern is happening in the body.
Sharpham Dairy has launched a new service – cheese celebration cakes. Developed due to popular demand, these showstopping tower of cheeses are perfect for weddings, parties, corporate events or any reunion. For 40 years, Sharpham Cheese has produced a range of cheeses using traditional methods from their own Jersey cows along with neighbouring goats’ and sheep milk. Handcrafted on the banks of...
Leading South Devon venue, ANRÁN at Tidwell Farm, renowned for its superb setting and unique event space, is hosting the region’s first Asian Street Food and Music Festival in support of Cancer Research UK and Children’s Hospice South West.
The two-day event, featuring some of the UK’s most exciting chefs and musicians, will take place on 29th and 30th August at the South Hams farm....
Construction site managers for two of Devon's newest communities have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building.
Ex-marine Greig Mills, site manager at David Wilson Homes' Tarka Ridge , Barnstaple and Darren Hall, site manager at Embden Grange , Tavistock have both won the prestigious Pride in the Job award, marking them down as the best in the UK....
South Devon End of Life Project, which is part of independent care provider Agincare’s live-in service, has won Home Care Team of the Year in the Great British Care Awards.
The team picked up the top award for the southwest region at a special ceremony at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, and now progresses to the national final on the 25th of September at the International Convention...
A dedicated website listing and promoting pubs in East Devon has been created and launched by local MP Simon Jupp.
The website address is eastdevonpubs.co.uk and the site contains a map allowing users to discover some hidden gems in East Devon or simply to find out more about pubs locally. As well as detailing the location, the website also contains a description of the pub and a...
Drake Circus has partnered with the National Literacy Trust to launch a new summer holiday reading campaign, as new research reveals that almost half of children (46%) in the South West claim that reading makes them feel better.
The ‘Read More, Feel Better’ campaign is designed to help children across the community to continue reading for fun over the summer holidays, with a selection...
Children from a Devon school have raised money for their school library and Donate for Dartmoor by taking on a unique walking challenge. Year Six pupils from Denbury Primary School walked more than 13km from Haytor Rocks on Dartmoor back to their classroom and raised £500. The school's classes are all named after places on Dartmoor so it was apt that pupils of 'Haytor' class walked from the...
