Staff Nurse Sarah Houghton from Birch ward organised a Wear It Red Day to raise awareness and funds for Plymouth & District Leukaemia Fund (PDLF) on 14th February.

Anca Ichim, Haemodialysis Unit Manager, was pleased to accept a very generous donation from the Trelyn Quilters

The NHS is required to make £20 billion in efficiency savings. We are no different from other NHS organisations in that our costs are growing faster than our income, we have to reduce our costs in ways that do not impact on quality of care to patients.

The Trust reported at its public board meeting, to patient representatives, shadow governors, members of the public and media that since January 2009 six ‘never events’ have occurred, including four cases of retained swabs.

Children from Marlborough Primary School, Devonport, attended the playroom on level 12 at Derriford Hospital on Thursday 20th January 2011 to present a cheque to the Children’s Happy Hospital Fund.