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Healthcare where it’s needed most as Derriford teams visit homeless centre

An outreach team from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) visited Devonport Lifehouse as part of the UK strategy to eliminate the Hepatitis C blood borne virus.

Devonport Lifehouse is a residential support centre housing some of the most vulnerable and excluded people experiencing homelessness. The team from Derriford was screening people who might not normally access tests...

Pregnant women in Plymouth will be first to be routinely tested for group B Strep, as part of major research study

Pregnant women and people receiving their maternity care from University Hospitals Plymouth will become the first in the UK to be routinely offered a test for group B Streptococcus (GBS), as part of an important new research study.

The study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme and sponsored by the University of...

North Devon District Hospital ICU has been nominated for Best Team at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards

North Devon District Hospital ICU has been nominated for Best Team at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards, broadcast on Channel 4 later this year.

This award honours any NHS or healthcare team on the front line or behind the scenes that has gone above and beyond the call of duty.

FALLING ill with Covid as the pandemic first began to grip in March 2020, Mandy Mitchell, the...

‘Contact 111 first to get the right treatment more quickly’, says Devon doctor ahead of bank holiday

People who contact NHS 111 online or by phone, at any time of day or night, will get quicker clinical advice and care before they visit an Emergency Department

Doctors in Devon are reminding both residents and visitors this bank holiday weekend that if you need urgent medical advice, there’s just one telephone number to remember – 111 .

By contacting 111 first, either online or by...

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

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...

Patient team are seeking volunteers to help support digital consultations

The Patient Services team at University Hospitals Plymouth are looking for volunteers who can help support patients to access their NHS care through digital platforms and become ‘Digital Health Champions’.

“Since the start of the pandemic, like many health care organisations, we have had to move to using more online and virtual consultations in order to keep our patients, their...

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

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...

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

Popular Plymouth hospital celebrates 15 years of caring

A popular Plymouth hospital which has successfully treated thousands of South West patients and which this year has not only continued that work but also supported the NHS during the pandemic to ensure NHS patients receive the care they need, has celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first patient arriving for treatment.

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS...

Patients give top marks to popular Plymouth hospital

Since March 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 its patients through the pandemic while latterly reintroducing and maintaining elective (planned) treatment.

While there has been much change one thing has remained constant, and that is the...

Plymouth, Hospitals

Plymouth Hospitals Charity funds hospital garden transformation

lymouth Hospitals Charity has awarded £500 to help transform a small garden space at Rowan House. Healthcare Assistant, Judith Bywater has been busy brightening up a grey, concrete courtyard and is transforming it into a mini haven for staff and patients.

When the Pain Clinic and Dermatology moved over to Rowan House three years ago, the teams got together over a weekend to weed and...

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