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Oncology specialist nurse, Liz Ridgway, has won a national award for her contribution to cancer services.

Plymouth College Preparatory School has kindly donated a sum of £1865.40 to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.

As we highlighted in our story yesterday, the availability of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public areas is growing year on year, however, how many of us would know what to do in an emergency situation?

It was just after 12noon on a Friday in December when Brogan Barnett, 23, and Danielle O’Hea, 25, nurses from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, were on a day off searching for a Christmas jumper for Brogan to wear to their Christmas meal later that evening. They were close to giving up on their search and were about to go home, when they decided to look in one last shop.

A Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust nurse is to compete in the Commonwealth Games next month, representing England in the visually impaired lawn bowls.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust held a variety of events this week, in conjunction with Nutrition and Hydration Week, in order to demonstrate the importance of our campaign, #MakingMealtimesMatter.

As our Disability Awareness Week comes to a close, we reflect on the wide range of activities that have taken place, in order to aid a better understanding of the different types of disabilities people can have and the challenges they face.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to announce the worldwide launch of their Intravitreal Injection Guide following four years in design and development.

We have received numerous offers of help from groups and individual members of the public to transport staff to and from the site during all hours from yesterday afternoon.

We are delighted that Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHNT) has been represented by five finalists at the Patient Experience National Network (PENN) today.