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Patients in the Paediatric Children’s Emergency Department will benefit from the donation of two Buzzy Devices. A Buzzy, is a bee-shaped tool that uses vibration and cold to distract children and reduce needle pain, helping to make medical procedures less distressing for young patients.

As part of the New Hospital Programe, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is delighted that plans to expand Derriford Hospital’s urgent and emergency care pathways began today as we marked the beginning of construction of the new Emergency Care Building.

Today we celebrated the official opening of the Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital. The Dartmoor Building, which houses the new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), will soon also become home to other key hospital services such as the Fracture Clinic, Main Outpatients and Pre-operative assessment. The new, state-of-the-art building was officially opened today by Fred Thomas MP and UHP colleagues, Sally Fletcher, Linda Fulford, Roly Cawaing and Helen Anderson.

A topping out ceremony was held yesterday to celebrate the structural completion of the new Plymouth Community Diagnostic Centre at Colin Campbell Court.

The ceremony marked the building reaching its highest point, a significant milestone in the delivery of the £22 million project. Staff and representatives involved in the development were joined by colleagues from construction partner BAM, commissioning body NHS England, alongside local MPs and Plymouth City Councillors, to mark the occasion.

A new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) has today opened its doors to patients at Derriford Hospital. Located in the brand-new, three-storey Dartmoor Building, the UTC will be open daily from 8am to 8pm, for patients of any age.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust would like to inform the public of a revised opening date for the new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) located in the new Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital.