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Messages to those who cared: Georgia and Vince share their experience at UHP

Vince, Georgia and baby Vienna sat together smiling at the camera

*Content warning – this story contains mention of baby loss.

When patients receive excellent care, they often fill out our ‘saying thank you’ forms on the Trust website to thank the staff that looked after them, which is exactly what Georgia Morgia, and her husband Vince Morgia did after the birth of their baby Vienna in November of 2024.

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Board to Ward May 2025

The Plymouth and Neuro-Oncology team celebrate the TJ excellence award

In May’s Board to Ward we share three highlights to demonstrate progress, improvements and national recognition: The Plymouth and Peninsula Neuro-Oncology Network achieves prestigious Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence status, National Recognition for Improvements in Urgent and Emergency Care and Champion fundraisers for Plymouth Hospitals Charity  

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UHP leading the way in patient centred research

Two men smiling against a blue sky

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) are celebrating the recent landmark of leading the way in clinical research. 

Recently, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) ran clinical trials with 33,374 patients being recruited from UHP. This currently ranks the Trust in first place for our NIHR regional reporting metrics, and in second place nationally, just behind Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, based in London.

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From Board to Ward – April 2025

Patient John Houghton (left) with Clinical Director of Research Michael Visick pictured with Derriford Hospital in the background

In April’s Board to Ward we share three highlights to demonstrate progress, decisions made and share in a transparent way some key developments and learning:

  1.   Leading the way with research including a patient’s experience of being part of a clinical research trial
  2. Celebrating good news on infection control and more choice for young people
  3. Emergency Care Building coming on at pace
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UHP re-signs the armed forces covenant

Staff and armed forces members sat around the armed forces agreement paper

University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) has re-signed their commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant. This is a promise that the Trust acknowledges and understands that those who have served in the armed forces, including their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy and society that they serve.

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