Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

Popular hospital appoints dementia leads

Popular hospital Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth has appointed two dementia leads from among its team to further strengthen its offering to patients with dementia.

The two leads are Paul Soley, Physiotherapy Manager, and Nicola Cornish (job title). Their role will see them ensuring that patients with dementia are receiving care tailored to their needs, that dementia-friendly...

James Potter, whose extraordinary career includes a number of firsts, with some of the bread for whi

From bomb disposal to pioneering healthcare role

A healthcare professional who changed career in the RAF from bomb disposal to operating theatre practitioner, has taken on one of the newest professions in the health sector – with a healthy side-line in baking.

James Potter from Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre) has recently qualified as a physician associate (PA) – one of the newest...

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Return to Plymouth for radiographer

A radiographer who was raised and educated in Plymouth has returned to his home city to be a radiographer at one of the region’s most popular hospitals.

Jack Fordham-Smith has joined the busy radiology team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre).

Raised in Plymouth, where he attended Torbridge High, Jack achieved a BTEC Level 3 in...

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Top marks from patients for popular Plymouth hospital

Patients who attended a popular Plymouth hospital in December have given it a score of 99.8% in a national audit which asks “would you recommend this hospital to friends and family?”

Since March last year the team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre) have constantly changed the way the hospital operates to support the local NHS trust and...

Patients should continue to attend appointments

A Plymouth hospital is urging patients who have an outpatient appointment or who are due for surgery to attend as planned despite the introduction of a national lockdown.

The team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth are advising patients that, unless they are told otherwise by the hospital, all planned treatments and appointments will go ahead.

They also ask that...

Safe to access care during lockdown

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth continues to be a COVID-19 secure clinical environment. This means that as well as reintroducing planned surgery, the team there have also been able to treat NHS patients from local NHS trusts throughout the pandemic.

Hospital director Mark White, Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre), said: “Despite the...

Return home for Theatre Manager

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre), has appointed Cathy Thuis-Harris to the role of Theatre Manager, and it is a return home to Plymouth after some time away.

Cathy trained as an Operating Department Practitioner in Plymouth in 1984. Her career has included some exciting overseas postings including working as an Anaesthetic Practitioner in...

Patients give popular hospital top marks

Patients have given Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre) a score of 100% for its ophthalmology services, day ward, inpatient ward and endoscopy, according to the latest results from the national Friends and Family Test.

Overall, Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth scored 98.4% from the 677 patients who completed the Friends and Family...