In June, Lead Skin Cancer Nurse Specialist, Deirdre Stapleton, presented one of her patients’ cases at the UK Oncology Forum, to celebrate the success of her immunotherapy treatment.
Myrna Donovan, 82, is a local patient from Plymouth who has been receiving treatment for a melanoma on her leg for the last six years.
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A Plymouth patient has made a miraculous recovery as a result of receiving a rare highly specialist implant to control her pain for cancer care.
Read " Rachael’s miraculous recovery takes her …"University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is working closely with technical system suppliers and our health partners across Devon and Cornwall including GP practices, Local Medical Committees and NHS Devon to resolve an issue relating to pathology results.
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It’s an Epic time for us as we move to the same electronic patient record in all hospitals across Devon. This has been the biggest single transformation we have seen at UHP and it offers many benefits for patients and carers. We heard a poignant story from Ryan about a therapeutic approach to security and we’re looking forward to welcoming our community in for a Careers Showcase on Saturday 26 September.
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is inviting local people to discover more about their local healthcare providers and explore the wide range of careers available in the NHS at a Careers Showcase on Saturday 26 September at Derriford Centre for Health and Wellbeing (DCHW).
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) hosted a visit from the BBC, who visited last week to report on the Trust’s national research success and to highlight how expanding clinical research in the South West is transforming patient care.
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A planning application has been approved by Plymouth City Council for a new health development at Colin Campbell Court.
The second Community Diagnostic Centre will provide a range of integrated acute, primary, and community diagnostic services. It will be based at Colin Campbell Court, alongside the recently developed Community Diagnostic Centre, which opened to patients last month.
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Epic is now live across all hospitals in Devon
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is one of seven providers, announced by NHS South West, to be awarded contracts to deliver vaccination outreach services, to improve access for local communities.
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This Thursday 23 July 2026 we’re launching a new electronic patient record (EPR) across our hospitals and community sites.
Our new Epic EPR will bring patient health information together in a digital format that can be shared across different health care settings in Devon. It will include a range of data, including medication and allergies, immunisation status, laboratory test results, radiology images and vital signs.
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