The renal unit at Derriford Hospital has joined in a national project to encourage kidney patients to play a more active role in their own health care.
The unit has also appointed an Acute Kidney Nurse – a new role at Derriford.
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is now one of 23 in the UK involved in the innovative Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Programme...
Throughout the week, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Turst has been running different initiatives as part of their 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 aid our patients’ recovery, as well as showcasing the work going on around the Trust to improve patient...
A blood conservation project for people undergoing operations is being rolled out across Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust because of benefits to patients as well as cost savings.
The cell salvage project has been running since 2008 with proven health benefits to patients and cost benefits for our Trust. It involves collecting and reusing blood that a patient loses during a procedure....
Work is underway at Derriford Hospital to make sure that patients have a better chance of getting a good night’s sleep.
The work has now been featured in the national Nursing Management publication.
Staff at our hospital wanted to identify the factors that could improve the amount of quality sleep for patients so they carried out audits on 27 wards. They particularly focussed...
A giant, 366 Cancer Challenge appeal banner has been unveiled outside Derriford Hospital.
The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Doctor John Mahoney, attended the unveiling along with Apprentice candidate Charleine Wain, patients, members of the singing group Hot Mustard and a crew from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, who want to show their support.
A big thanks to Asda Plymouth for generously donating £200.00 to the Friends of Derriford Hospital Kidney Unit, as part of their Community Life programme, which aims to help make local communities better places to live and work for colleagues and customers.
Every two months, charities are able to nominate themselves to be part of the programme and after a panel of judges review all...
A big thank you to the Prince Maurice pub in Eggbuckland, Plymouth, for kindly donating £766.50 to Birch Ward.
For many years, the pub has raised money for local charities by holding a quiz night every month. Each team is able to nominate a charity of their choice and one is then pulled out of a hat, with all proceeds from the quiz entry and the raffle going to the one selected....
A big thank you goes to the owners and employees of Mortgages4Plymouth for their generous donation of more than £1,000.00 for our Gold Dust Appeal.
Tricia Kennedy and partner Anne Marie Reilly, who run Mortgages4Plymouth decided to make a £1,000.00 donation from the company and to collect money from staff members after a visit to the Level 12 children’s wards at Derriford Hospital. In...
