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Over 80 babies have been enrolled into the HARMONIE study thanks to the use of the south west first’s mobile research units.

Meet our new Chief Nurse Darryn Allcorn

Kim Targett wants to thank the staff at University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) after she was treated last year.

Our priority is to help our patients get better and support them to leave hospital when the time is right, but we need your help to do this.

A new mother who took part in research at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) said that increased infant feeding support for first-time mums stopped her giving up breastfeeding when she encountered challenges.

Planned industrial action has been announced by the British Medical Association (BMA) involving junior doctors. The action will run from 06:59 on Monday 13 March to 06:59 on Thursday 16 March.

The Care Quality Commission visited our maternity services in September 2022 as part of their national maternity inspection programme.  This programme aims to give the inspectors an up-to-date view of hospital maternity care and help them understand what is working well to support learning and improvement at a local and national level.

Industrial action is a national dispute between the Government and Trades Unions about terms and conditions. We are committed in keeping disruption to our services to a minimum on these dates, and we have measures in place to ensure the safety and welfare of our patients and our staff.

Moving across Europe from Greece to the UK can be a challenging experience, without the added ordeal of undergoing lengthy hospital treatment.

In the last year a total of 10,108,993 miles related to the delivery of healthcare, have been avoided by University Hospitals Plymouth changing the way we deliver outpatient appointments.