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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. 

We are issuing a last chance call for people to get their flu jab to be protected ahead of the festive holidays, as flu hospitalisations in the region surge by three quarters (76%) in just one week.

Women receiving maternity care at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust have reported improvements in key areas of the service, according to this year's CQC Maternity Survey.

Last week, players from Plymouth Argyle visited Derriford hospital's Children's wards to spread some festive cheer to patients and staff.

This annual Christmas visit is always a special day for UHP patients, and the players, who bring gifts and much needed joy and excitement to the children on the wards here at Derriford.

Photography students from the Arts University Plymouth Sixth Form have won a competition to have their photos displayed in the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Colin Campbell Court in Plymouth City Centre.

This month our Board leaders heard about the work of the Sycamore Team, our maternity safeguarding team, and Sarah's story as an example of this. They were also given an update on timely access for patients and work with our partners. We've created a summary of 3 highlights from this month's Board leaders meeting

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust proudly received two accolades from this year's Society and College of Radiographers Radiography Awards.