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This month our Board leaders heard about the work University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust does to care for people far, far from Plymouth - in the Antarctic through the British Antarctic Survey Medical unit as well as reflecting on how we’re doing for patients and work with some of our partners We’ve created a summary of 3 highlights from this month’s Board meeting. …

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is leading the way in improving patient safety and reducing drug-related harm through its hospital-based take-home naloxone programme. Its approach has now been published and recognised by The Pharmaceutical Journal.

A pioneering initiative designed to tackle social exclusion and open doors to careers in construction launched today on 19 January as part of the social value commitment from Willmott Dixon during the construction of Derriford Hospital’s new Emergency Care Building.

Our Emergency Department is currently very full and if you do not have an emergency or life-threatening condition, you may be redirected to other healthcare services. These include NHS 111, our Urgent Treatment Centres at the Dartmoor Building and the Cumberland Centre, and our Minor Injury Units at Kingsbridge and Tavistock. You may also be advised to use local pharmacies or to contact your GP.

Lesley-Ann Simpson, Chief Executive Officer of The Chestnut Appeal has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her Services to Men’s Health.

Following the gas outage that started on the weekend affecting Kingsbridge and wider area, the gas supply was restored to the hospital yesterday afternoon. As of this morning, all services at South Hams Hospital are running as normal, including the MIU.

Our amazing team at Mount Gould made Queen Liz's stay, one of our palliative care patients, special for her and her family.

Due to a gas outage affecting Kingsbridge and the wider area we have taken the decision to close the minor injury unit at South Hams hospital until the situation is resolved. 

Clinical leads from University Hospitals Plymouth have taken their first look at the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Colin Campbell Court. Teams from Phlebotomy, Audiology, Imaging, and Physiological Measurement visited the site to review their future workspaces at the state-of-the-art development which has reached the major milestone of becoming watertight.

Industrial action has been announced by the British Medical Association (BMA) for Resident Doctors from 7am on Wednesday 17 December to 7am on Monday 22 December.