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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is creating space for the new Urgent and Emergency Care Facility as Plym Theatres close.

In a statement to the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves set out a review of the national New Hospital Programme, which Derriford Hospital’s Urgent and Emergency Care Facility is part of.

Patients with liver disease will be treated in a brand new state-of-the-art space thanks to the refurbishment of the South West Liver Unit by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

After extensive groundwork preparation, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is pleased to announce the start of construction works for the Plymouth Community Diagnostic Centre in Colin Campbell Court.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is pleased to announce the opening of the new Bigbury Orthopaedic Surgical Suite. The new surgical suite is now fully operational and saw its first patients go through the three dedicated elective orthopaedic theatres in June.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has a new dedicated Children’s surgical unit. The unit has expanded its facilities for children and families, and provides three operating theatres, a dedicated entrance and drop off area for children and young people, an admission area including spaces for children with additional needs, and a large stage recovery area so that children can be discharged home directly without needing to be admitted into the hospital. The unit welcomed its first children and young people in February 2024.