Children being cared for at Derriford Hospital now have more to look forward to, following a huge donation of £800.00 worth of Lego from the charity Fairy Bricks.
Eight year old patient, Nathan Rogers, and his sister Hollie were on hand to receive the donation, made by Sarah Wimlett, Consultant Anaesthetist, on behalf of the charity. Nathan and Hollie were joined by Marcus Granville,...
Members of the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Board joined ward staff and assisting with mealtime services for patients last week.
It was one of many different initiatives running this week as part of our Making Mealtimes Matter campaign, which has been organised to coincide with Nutrition and Hydration Week.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition to...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's Outpatient Physiotherapy Services are now offering a self-referral option to enable access to their Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service, without the patient having to visit their GP.
After a successful pilot with three local GP practices, this option is now being rolled out across the whole Plymouth health community, with the intention of all GP...
Two of our apprentices will find out next week if they have won awards at this year’s South West Region Health Sector Apprenticeship Awards 2015.
Chantelle Lea, who works in the Pathology Department, has been shortlisted for the Higher Apprentice of the Year Award (Level 4+) and Abby Morgan, who works in the Communications Office, has been shortlisted for the NHS Inspirational...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is hosting an Open Day on Saturday 7th March, for experienced and newly qualified nurses and operating department practitioners that are looking at a career in theatres or Critical Care.
The day will include talks from speakers from all areas, introducing the day and the opportunities available. There will also be areas set up with information about the...
A number of wards and clinical teams at Derriford Hospital are celebrating having been presented with the Trust’s Dementia Friendly Award earlier this week.
A team comprised of Karen Grimshaw, the Trust’s Nurse Consultant for Older People, Dr Ian Sherriff – University of Plymouth and Alzheimers’ Society, June Wildman – Carer and member of the Trust Dementia Champions group and Claire...
Staff in the Physiotherapy Department at Derriford Hospital have set up a YouTube channel, with multiple exercise videos to help support their patients.
The idea of the exercise videos and exercise sheets came after a satisfaction survey indicated that patients needed these to help remind them of what they should be doing. This idea now allows patients to play the videos as many times...
Helen Blundell, a Physiotherapist at Derriford Hospital, is running the full Barcelona Marathon in March, to raise funds for Hexworthy Ward. This will help towards the purchase of new equipment to support the care of the patients on the ward.
Helen has already completed the Plymouth 10k and her first Plymouth Half Marathon, but is now determined to stretch her limits and complete a...
Derriford Hospital’s Upper Gastro Intestinal Cancer team have joined the National Public Health England campaign, to raise awareness of oesophago-gastric cancers.
The campaign will run from 26th January to the end of February and is aimed at men and women aged 50 years and over, focusing on key symptoms of oesophageal and stomach cancers.
