University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and NHS Devon are introducing a major improvement to the way patients have their blood tests at Windsor House. From 6 October 2025, we’re introducing a new online booking system through SwiftQueue to make your experience quicker and easier.
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Today the Government has launched the National Oversight Framework (NOF) and the associated new performance dashboard and league tables. NHS England has produced an interactive performance dashboard which shows how NHS trusts are segmented (1 to 4) based on their performance against the NOF metrics.
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The maternity team has recently introduced a key change aimed at improving patient experience and the quality of early care by moving patients first antenatal booking appointments from over the phone to face-to-face.
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A new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) has today opened its doors to patients at Derriford Hospital. Located in the brand-new, three-storey Dartmoor Building, the UTC will be open daily from 8am to 8pm, for patients of any age.
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust would like to inform the public of a revised opening date for the new Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) located in the new Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital.
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We are delighted to announce the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has upgraded the rating of the Surgery Services at Derriford Hospital from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’.
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Neighbouring Plymouth Marjon University and University Hospitals Plymouth have launched a collaboration aimed at boosting the training and wellbeing of NHS staff and access to healthcare in the city.
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This is our summary of 3 highlights from our July Board meeting
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Industrial action has been announced by the British Medical Association (BMA) for Resident Doctors from 7am on Friday 25 July to 7am on Wednesday 30 July.
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Our AGM is a wonderful moment to come together, celebrate our achievements of the past year and reflect on the journey we as individuals and a community have been on.
We were grateful to be joined by so many colleagues to celebrate and acknowledge the success and challenges of the past year.
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