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We welcome the government announcement today and are pleased to confirm that we also recently received approval of our Outline Business Case.

Professor Tim Nutbeam, a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), and his team have won two awards for their research project, Extrication in Trauma (EXIT). 

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), Joint Hospital Group (South West) (JHG (SW)), and Grown That Way, which is part of a third sector group of organisations “Together We Can Succeed,” signed a historic partnership agreement together on the 23 March 2023.

If you are a patient or a family member supporting a loved one, the Emergency Department can be a busy, frightening, and alien place to find yourself. In amongst the hustle and bustle, however, the orange shirts of the volunteer service stand out. They give directions, offer a hand to hold and most importantly support patients with a friendly face and a listening ear.

The Katie Reynolds Scholarship was set up by UHP to provide training to help someone enter the profession to become an excellent nurse like Katie.

Patients who visit the Rheumatology Outpatients Clinic at Derriford Hospital may experience a new piece of equipment, a vein finder.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is taking industrial action at a number of NHS trusts, including here at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, on Sunday 30 April (from 8pm) and finishing on Monday 01 May (at 23:59).

Thanks to funding from NHS England, The Primrose Foundation and the West Devon and East Cornwall Breast Screening Programme, a signwritten bus will be making its way around Plymouth reminding people of the importance of breast screening.

Join us for a Careers and Open Day on Saturday 29 April from 10am to 2pm at Derriford Centre for Health and Wellbeing. 

A second wellbeing room for staff at University Hospitals Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital has opened. Following the success of the first wellbeing room, an additional space has been opened for staff to have a place to relax and take a break.