Security incident stepped down
We have been dealing with a potential threat to Derriford Hospital this afternoon and implemented our own emergency safety procedures.
Read " Security incident stepped down…"We have been dealing with a potential threat to Derriford Hospital this afternoon and implemented our own emergency safety procedures.
Read " Security incident stepped down…"We recently caught up with Lisa Matthews, a former patient of the Rehabilitation Unit at Mount Gould…
Read " Volunteering at Mount Gould Rehabilitati…"NHS England, the national team for Urological Services and the South West Urology Network visited the new Chestnut Urological Investigation Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth on Friday.
The teams celebrated the new unit which has capacity for patients to have a scan, biopsy and see a consultant for diagnosis on the same day. There are only two other units in the country with these capabilities.
Read " University Hospitals Plymouth Urology te…"Patients who would previously have to stay in hospital are now able to go home earlier, thanks to technology being used by Derriford Hospital's Virtual Ward.
Read " Virtual Wards use smart technology to re…"I wanted to thank you - our local community - for your support during the period Industrial Action and Critical Incident.
Read " Critical incident stood down…"Dr. Suresh Damodharan is an Endocrinology and General Medicine Consultant who currently works in a Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore, India. For the last eleven years, Dr. Damodharan has been working over the Christmas period at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) and has been coined ‘the Christmas fairy’ by staff.
Read " ‘Christmas Fairy’ doctor spends eleventh…"Planned industrial action has been announced by the British Medical Association (BMA) involving junior doctors. The action will run from 7am on Wednesday 03 January to 7am on Tuesday 09 January.
Read " Industrial Action: Junior Doctors strike…"South West Blood Bikes (SWBB) has been supporting University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) since 2020. Since then, they have supported the trust with over 2,443 callouts, helping save the lives of patients and helping them get the correct treatment quickly.
Read " South West Blood Bikes coverage over Chr…"Amy Warlow, Clinical Lead Radiographer at UHP, is the first recipient of the Trust’s VIP Awards.
The VIP Awards are an ongoing recognition scheme, created for staff and patients to celebrate and recognise the hard work of our colleagues and what they have done well.
Read " Clinical Lead Radiographer Amy Warlow be…"University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is working on the development of a new and improved outpatient pharmacy due to open in Spring 2024.
Read " Outpatient Pharmacy to double in size…"