A new piece of equipment is now up and running in the Primrose Unit at Derriford Hospital, thanks to an incredibly generous donation of over £63,000 from the League of Friends.

Anything that helps to put our patients at ease, or makes their stay in hospital easier, can only be a good thing, which is why our Dementia Friend Champions and members of our Dementia Steering Group have been on the look-out for content to help fill up their memory boxes.

Local charity, Hugs from Henry, paid a visit to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital today with a special surprise for the patients.

Rebecca Balsdon wanted to find a way to say thank you to Derriford Hospital staff for their care and support of her nanny, Christine Gage, who sadly passed away in 2015.

Kind-hearted couple, Joanne and Colin Smith from Liskeard, will host a Christmas Fayre this weekend, in memory of their beautiful baby boy, Fred, with money raised going to the maternity unit at Derriford Hospital to support parents and families with bereavement.

A young girl from North Cornwall, who raised more than £1,000 by having her hair cut, for the Derriford Hospital ward that helped her mum recover from a brain tumour, visited the hospital earlier this week to officially hand over the money raised.

Staff in our Eden Unit, a centre for treating adults with immunodeficiency and allergies, would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to Waitrose Saltash after they were selected for the store’s Community Matters programme.

Despite finishing their race minus two paddles, a broken flag pole and a bent and battered metal frame, the valiant efforts of colleagues from our Estates Mechanical and Electrical Team, who took on the Totnes Raft Race in October, helped to raise an admirable £492 for the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.

A huge thank you to the organisers, the supporters and all who attended Folifest back in the summer, a fantastic donation of £2,320 has been donated to the children’s wards at Derriford Hospital.