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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  

UHP is welcoming brand-new, cutting-edge technology, which is safer for patients and precisely targets tumours, causing less damage to surrounding healthy tissues.

The Diagnostic Imaging Services at Mount Gould Hospital has been rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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.

Every year University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) host the Learning Disability and Autism Awards to celebrate staff who go above and beyond in their every day clinical practice to support people with learning disabilities or who are autistic.

Chris Wolff, a Geriatrics and General Medicine Registrar at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), has been selected for the Advanced Clinical Training Fellowship in Parkinson’s 2025.

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

As of 1 May 2025, the Paediatric ED has relocated and pedestrian walk-ins will need to enter the building via the Main Entrance at the front of Derriford Hospital.

All minors (under 16) will need to be brought through the main entrance doors. Please then follow the red signs directing you to the Paediatric Emergency Department.

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.

From 1 May 2025, the cost of parking at Derriford Hospital is increasing for those who pay. The income from parking goes directly to the Trust and helps support our car parks and services, and prices are reviewed and updated regularly to ensure we cover our costs. The changes bring our tariff in-line with other Trusts in Devon.