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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is proud to announce it has become the first of five services nationally to achieve full accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians for liver services. The Improving Quality in Liver Services (IQILS) achievement ensures services are improved for patients with liver disease.

To coincide with Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, University Hospitals Plymouth released its first episode of UHP TV which focused on the innovative use of robotics in surgery. As part of the programme, 72-year-old Clive Horsnell returned to the operating theatre to thank Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Sebastian Smolarek, for his life-saving surgery.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease are being given life-changing smart watches that allow doctors to remotely assess their condition in a pioneering project to revolutionise NHS care.

Ahead of Easter, University Hospitals Plymouth is reminding people who attend the Emergency Department that they will be assessed and may be encouraged to use a minor injury unit or call 111 instead, during the long bank holiday weekend.

A man who spent two months on Derriford’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), has returned to say thank you almost 18 years later.

At the start of January, the national oesophago-gastric cancer audit was published for the period of April 2017 to March 2020. The audit found that University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) had continued to be better than the national average across many areas of oesophago-gastric cancer care.

The Lighthouse Laboratory Plymouth will perform RT-PCR testing on its final covid swab on Thursday 31 March 2022 when it will step-down from the national testing network.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) system, which will deliver substantial benefits to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, has been shortlisted for a global award.

A total of 1500 patients with lung and chest problems have now been treated at home by University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust’s Home Ventilation Team.

We are delighted to share that Honorary Senior Research Nurse, Archana Shajidevadas, has been shortlisted for the Nurse of the Year award as part of The British Journal of Nursing Awards. This is for her outstanding work in contributing to the nursing profession through clinical care, research and academia over the last 22 years.

Archana’s lead position in the pioneering Nursing Associate programme at University Hospitals Plymouth (funded by Health Education England) is one of her many accomplishments. This project saw students receive support in the form of education and pastoral care, which in turn directly supports the safe care of patients and alleviates nursing staff shortages. Archana also monitored and assessed this pilot programme and fed these results back to HEE to improve the programme nationally.