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*Updated 11/02/2019*

The NHS in Plymouth and Public Health England (PHE) are extremely well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal.

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By using other services where safe to do so, this helps you find the right care quickly and keeps our Emergency Department for emergencies.

If you complete an apprenticeship at University Hospitals Plymouth, there’s a 91% chance you will achieve a full time permanent job. In fact, some of our staff joined the Trust as apprentices decades ago.

Senior Sister Ali Griffiths from University Hospitals Plymouth has turned her experience of grief into positive change for bereaved relatives.

Principal Medical Physicist at University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP), Katharine Thomson, has won a short story competition for the Institute of Physics in Engineering and Medicine (IPEM). Her two short stories for children set in the world of medical physics, help to shine a light on the real-life work of the Clinical and Radiation Physics team. Katharine won the prize in two categories for her stories drawing on her professional experiences.

Patients of Cardiothoracic Theatres in Plymouth are first in the UK to benefit from new high-tech heart-lung machines following a wider £4million investment in cardiothoracic surgery over 10 years.

Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Tavistock Hospital will reopen on Monday 27 January 2020

Long-standing Medical Director, Dr Phil Hughes, has announced he will retire in June.

The Pharmacy team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust have got together to banish plastic bags used for patients to carry medicines home from hospital.