Four Japanese healthcare representatives have been given a tour of Derriford Hospital following an invitation from one of the staff.
The visit was prompted after an event last year organised by the Japanese STD Society with support from Tokyo University. At the conference, in Japan, Nursing Unit Manager of Sexual Health in Plymouth (SHiP) at Derriford Hospital, Colin Roberts, presented...
A progressive GP group headquartered in Plymouth has expanded its presence across the region with a view to reinventing the traditional general practice structure, using funding from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Crownhill Surgery in Plymouth is the latest surgery to be incorporated into the Pathfields Practice group, purchased with the support of a six-figure loan from the bank. The...
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,...
A further £890,000 is being put into a series of testbed projects across Devon and Cornwall to improve access to primary care.
The money will enable schemes involving GPs and pharmacists to be extended into the summer, so their full effectiveness can be analysed and decisions taken on whether they are worth investing in for the long term.
A survey has been launched to ask people in Plymouth for their views on making health and social care services in the city more joined up.
Work is underway in Plymouth, as in the rest of the country, to develop an integrated service across health and social care to enable us to deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right place. It will be in place by April 2015 and will...
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been successful in a bid to take part in national charity Stonewall’s Health Champion programme.
It is the only CCG in the south west to be accepted onto the programme this year and one of just five CCGs in England.
Involvement in the programme means the CCG becomes a health champion for lesbian, gay and...
New research on patients' experiences of health services and how these relate to their expectations and satisfaction, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, reveals that older people have higher expectations of their care and that they believe that their expectations are being met.
The research questions prevailing stereotypes that characterise older patients as...
