A local gentleman has donated a whopping £1,000 to Derriford Hospital, in memory of his beloved wife.

14-year old Kaiya Wheeler-Foulkes has raised over £500 for the Children’s High Dependency Unit (CDHU) at Derriford Hospital.

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.