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HIV Testing Week drop in clinics

Staff at Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic will be supporting National HIV Testing Week next week, by holding drop in clinics between 08.00 and 16.00, from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November, which will offer members of the public a free HIV test, which produces results within 20 minutes.

National HIV Testing Week raises awareness of the importance of HIV...

National Pathology Week in Plymouth

This week is National Pathology Week 2015, which is an annual event that runs from 2-8 November.

This year, staff at Derriford Hospital will be hosting an awareness stand on Friday 6 November, in the main concourse of Derriford Hospital, to promote the event and raise awareness of pathology.

The aim of the week is to celebrate pathology and to demonstrate the important...

Campaign to stop poaching launches

Police teams across Devon and Cornwall are asking for the public’s help to report poachers in rural areas of the region. This week is National Wildlife Crime Awareness Week and sees the launch of the campaign ‘Stop Poaching’.

The last few years have shown it is not about the lone poacher taking something home for his larder, but an organised operation where deer, fish and livestock end...

Fire Sprinkler Week targets businesses

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is joining with Fire and Rescue Services across the UK in supporting Fire Sprinkler Week 2015, taking place from 16-22 March.

This is the second annual sprinkler awareness campaign undertaken by Fire and Rescue services and this year is focusing on the way that fitting sprinklers can help businesses and education, by reducing the impact of...