Building for the Future News

Planning permission has been granted for the new Plymouth Community Diagnostic Centre (PCDC) to be built in the West End. 

University Hospitals Plymouth is pleased to announce plans to build a new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and Fracture Clinic.

The new UTC will be in addition to the Cumberland Centre located in Devonport, Plymouth and the Tavistock and Kingsbridge Minor Injury Units and will help to reduce footfall and take the pressure off the main Derriford Emergency Department, improving the care delivered to patients.

We are delighted to announce a new partnership for our outpatient Pharmacy in 2024. The bigger, modern, and welcoming new outpatient pharmacy will double in size and be run by Boots in partnership with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

NHS England, the national team for Urological Services and the South West Urology Network visited the new Chestnut Urological Investigation Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth on Friday.  

The teams celebrated the new unit which has capacity for patients to have a scan, biopsy and see a consultant for diagnosis on the same day. There are only two other units in the country with these capabilities.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is working on the development of a new and improved outpatient pharmacy due to open in Spring 2024.

A brand-new Planned Investigation Unit (PIU) was officially opened on Thursday 14 December by its first patient, Sarah Weeks, a patient of the unit for over 20 years.