1. Our Services

    1. Discharge Lounge
    2. Mount Gould Hospital
    3. Pharmacy
      1. Your Medicines Matter
      2. General information about medication
      3. How we process your medication at discharge
      4. Recently discharged
      5. Our Strategy
      6. Our Training Programmes
      7. Current vacancies
      8. Research and Publications
      9. Staff recognition
      10. Senior Leadership Team
      11. Pharmacy News
      12. Contact Us
    4. Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) Service
      1. CEW Service – Contact us
      2. CEW Service - Healthcare professionals
      3. CEW Service – How to find us
    5. Healthcare Science and Technology
      1. Clinical Measurement & Innovation
        1. Innovation team
        2. Healthy Bones
        3. Physics Services
        4. Scientific Computing
      2. Clinical & Radiation Physics
      3. Clinical Engineering
        1. Working for CE
        2. History of Clinical Engineering
        3. Specialist Mechanical Workshop
          1. Who we are
          2. What we do
          3. Manual Wheelchairs
          4. How to find and contact us
          5. Mechanical Engineering: general help & guidelines
        4. About Us
        5. Our Services
          1. Innovation
          2. Services for Opticians
          3. Services for Dental Practices
          4. Services for GP Surgeries
          5. Services for Veterinary Practices
          6. Services for Care Homes and Hospices
          7. Hospital Services
        6. Our Clients
        7. Contact Us
        8. Terms and Conditions
      4. Radiotherapy Physics
      5. Sterilisation & Disinfection Unit
      6. Medical Devices Strategic Investment
      7. About us
      8. Service Mission Statement
      9. Quality Policy Statement
      10. Working in partnership
      11. Reference links
      12. Contact
    6. Interventional Radiology
      1. Information for patients
      2. Patient information leaflets
      3. Patient FAQs
      4. How to find us
      5. Working with us
      6. Contact us
    7. Plastic Surgery
      1. Vascular birthmarks
      2. Breast Reconstruction surgery
      3. Paediatric plastic surgery
      4. Trauma
    8. Acute Pain Management
    9. Paediatrics
      1. Paediatrics information leaflets
      2. Play Service
      3. Children’s and Young Peoples Outpatients Department
      4. Paediatric Physiotherapy
      5. The Paediatric Team
      6. Paediatrics dietitian team
      7. Safeguarding team
      8. Paediatric School Team
    10. Internal medicine
    11. Plymouth Pelvic Floor Unit
    12. Uro-oncology Prostate cancer
      1. Living well with prostate cancer
      2. Managing fatigue
      3. Maximising your sexual wellbeing
      4. Maximising emotional and mental wellbeing
      5. Exercise Video
      6. Exercise inspiration and weight loss support
      7. External Beam Radiotherapy
      8. Advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer
      9. Support groups and helpful links
      10. Contact Us
    13. Children’s Psychological Health and Wellbeing
      1. Who is in the team?
      2. What we do
      3. What happens at appointments?
      4. How do I see a Clinical Psychologist or CWP?
      5. Resources
        1. Anger resources
        2. Sensory needs resources
        3. Autism resources
        4. Anxiety resources
        5. Siblings resources
        6. Relaxation resources
        7. ADHD resources
        8. Attachment resources
      6. Contact us
    14. Acute Assessment Unit
    15. Anaesthetics
      1. Our Anaesthetists
      2. Your Anaesthetic
      3. Allergy Testing
      4. Anaesthetics Education
      5. Pre-op Assessment & Exercise Testing
      6. Simulation
      7. Sub-Specialties
        1. Orthopaedic Anaesthesia
      8. ACSA Accreditation
    16. The Medical Assessment Unit (MAU)
    17. Bariatric Surgery
      1. Having bariatric surgery?
      2. Types of Bariatric Surgery
      3. Follow Up After Bariatric Surgery
      4. Pregnancy and Bariatric Surgery
      5. Bariatric Surgery and Type 2 Diabetes
      6. NICE Guidelines for Bariatric Surgery
    18. Cancer Services
      1. Chemotherapy Outreach
      2. Chemotherapy Unit
      3. 2WW Referral Forms
      4. Suspicion of Cancer Service
    19. Cardiology
      1. Cardiology Patient Films
    20. Colorectal
    21. Chest Clinic
    22. Autism Service
      1. Derriford Autism Service Reports
      2. Do you think you might have Autism?
      3. Make a referral
      4. Paediatrics
      5. Autism Useful Links
      6. Autism Resources
      7. aDAPt
    23. Child Development Centre
      1. What can a family expect from the CDC
        1. CDC's Children's Psychological Health and Wellbeing Team
        2. Groups run at the Child Development Centre
        3. Specialist Services for children at the CDC
        4. Paediatric Audiology
        5. Physiotherapy at the CDC
        6. Occupational Therapy at the CDC
      2. Guidance for General Practitioners
      3. Visiting us
      4. Video: Walkthrough the CDC
      5. CDC: Useful Links
    24. Clinical Psychology
    25. Colposcopy
      1. The Colposcopy Team
      2. Information about the Colposcopy Department
      3. Useful Colposcopy Links
    26. Dermatology
      1. Meet Our Team
      2. About Our Unit
      3. Useful Links and Further Information
    27. Dementia
      1. Dementia: Patient Information
      2. Supporting Carers and John's Campaign
      3. Dementia: Information for Staff
      4. Dementia Awareness: A Poem
      5. Champions for Elder Care
      6. Dementia: Useful Links
    28. Derriford Centre for Health and Wellbeing
      1. Contact Us
      2. Fitness: DCHW Memberships
      3. Fitness: Our Gym and Courts
      4. Fitness: Virtual studio
      5. Fitness: Class Timetable
      6. Food & Drink: The Lounge
    29. Derriford Children's Cancer Service (DCCS)
      1. Our Services
      2. The DCCS Team
      3. Derriford Children's Cancer Service Contact Us
      4. Useful Links
      5. DCCS Charitable Fund
    30. Dietetics
      1. Paediatric Dietitian
      2. Renal Dietitian
      3. Neurosciences Dietitian
      4. Gastroenterology Dietitian
      5. Diabetes Dietitian
      6. Oncology Dietitian
      7. Community Dietitian
      8. Training to become a dietitian
      9. Contact Us
    31. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
    32. Clinical Immunology and Allergy
      1. The Eden Unit Team
      2. Our Day Case Unit
      3. Allergy Clinic
      4. Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) Clinic
      5. Eden Immunodeficiency Clinic
      6. Immunology Laboratory
      7. Referral Guidelines
      8. GP Information
        1. IgE Testing
        2. ANA Requesting
        3. Autoimmune Liver Screen
      9. Adrenaline Auto-Injector training
    33. Emergency Department
      1. Proposed new Emergency Department
    34. Endocrinology and Diabetes
      1. Diabetes: Nursing Team
      2. Diabetes:News
      3. Diabetes: Ante Natal Service
      4. Diabetes: Inpatient Service
      5. Diabetes: Preconception Care
      6. Diabetes: Education
      7. Diabetes: Preoperative Support
      8. Diabetes: Type 2 Diabetes
      9. Diabetes: Type 1 Diabetes
      10. Diabetes: Insulin Pumps
      11. Diabetes: Podiatry
      12. Diabetes: Outpatient Service
    35. Endoscopy
      1. I am an endoscopy patient
    36. Audiology
      1. Information for GPs & Other Referrers
      2. Audiology Useful Links
      3. Audiology Patient Information
      4. Audiology Contact Us
      5. Audiology - Why Choose Us
    37. Fertility (IVF)
    38. Gastroenterology
    39. General Surgery
    40. Gynaecology
      1. Cervical problems and colpsocopy
      2. Vulval skin problems
      3. Early pregnancy problems
      4. Vaginal bleeding
      5. Sexual health
      6. Pelvic pain and endometriosis
      7. Child and adolescent gynaecology
      8. Urogynaecology
      9. Premenstrual syndrome and menopause
      10. Fertility
    41. Gynaecology Cancer
      1. Specialist Team
      2. Gynae oncology CNS team
      3. The Colposcopy Department
      4. Supporting You
      5. Accommodation for Relatives
      6. Transport and Parking
      7. Financial Assistance
      8. Contact Us
      9. Useful Contacts and Links
      10. Patient Information Leaflets
    42. Haematology Unit
    43. Hand Surgery
      1. Our Team
      2. How to Refer
      3. Information Zone
      4. Hand Surgery Clinics
      5. Contact Us
    44. Head and Neck Cancer
      1. Head and Neck Cancer Team
      2. What is Head and Neck Cancer?
      3. Our Services
      4. Macmillan Speech and Language Therapy
      5. Macmillan Dietitian
      6. Supporting You
      7. History of the Service
      8. Contact Us
      9. Useful Links
      10. Transport and Parking
      11. Accommodation for Relatives
      12. Financial Assistance
    45. Healthy Bones
      1. Healthy Bones Team
      2. What is a DXA Scan?
      3. About Your Scan
      4. Mobile Scanning Services
      5. Support
      6. Contact Us
    46. Healthcare for the Elderly
    47. Hepato Biliary Service
    48. The South West Liver Unit
      1. Liver Unit Team
        1. Hepatology Pharmacist
        2. Hepatology Research Nurses
      2. Our Services
        1. Service description
        2. Performance
        3. Accommodation
        4. South West Liver Unit Outpatient Services
        5. Inpatient Wards
        6. Endoscopy
      3. Information for Patients
      4. Information for Clinicians and Partners
        1. Patient Pathways
        2. How to refer to the SWLU
      5. Research
        1. Current Open Research Trials
      6. Contact the South West Liver Unit
      7. South West Liver Buddies
    49. Hip Fracture
      1. Hip Fracture Patient Information Films
      2. What is a fracture neck of femur?
      3. Benefits and Risks of Treatment Available
      4. Admission to Hospital
      5. Day of Surgery – Before Your Operation
      6. Day of Surgery – After Your Operation
      7. Day One After Operation Onwards
      8. Discharge from Hospital
      9. Hip Fracture Physiotherapy
      10. Contact Us
    50. Hip and Knee
      1. Our Team
      2. Orthopaedic Knee Service
        1. Recovering from an Arthroscopy
        2. Knee Cartilage
        3. Degenerative Meniscal Tears
        4. Traumatic Meniscal Tears
      3. Patient Information Videos
      4. Contact Us
    51. Imaging
      1. Information for Dentists
      2. Our Services
      3. Meet the Team
      4. Information for GPs
      5. Contact Us
      6. Fluoroscopy
      7. Patient Information Leaflets
      8. How to find us
      9. Feedback
      10. MRI
        1. Information for referrers about MRI
    52. Infection Prevention and Control
      1. Contact Us
      2. Patient Safety
      3. Hand hygiene
      4. IPCT Reports
      5. Seasonal Advice
      6. Let's talk about norovirus
      7. Lets Talk About C-Diff
      8. Let's Talk About MRSA
      9. Top tips for patients
      10. Fighting Infections Together
    53. Learning Disability Service
      1. Paediatrics
      2. For Patients
      3. Easy read guides
      4. For Carers
      5. The Learning Disability Team
      6. Derriford User Group
      7. Useful Links
      8. Reports
    54. Personalised Care for cancer patients
      1. LWBC Treatment Summary
      2. Holistic Needs Assessments (HNA)
      3. LWBC Health and Wellbeing Information and Events
      4. Cancer Care Review
    55. Maxillofacial Surgery
    56. Minor Injuries Unit (MIU)
      1. Getting to the UTC at the Cumberland Centre (Plymouth)
      2. Getting to the MIU at South Hams Hospital (Kingsbridge)
      3. Getting to the MIU at Tavistock Hospital
    57. Nephrology (Renal)
    58. Neurology
      1. Functional Neurological Disorder
      2. Parkinson’s Service
        1. What is Parkinson’s Home Based Care?
        2. Drug Treatments in Parkinson’s
        3. Information for Healthcare Workers
          1. Emergency / Urgent Admissions
          2. Ward Resources - Patients with Parkinson's
          3. Insight PD
        4. Meet the Parkinson’s Team
        5. Useful links
        6. Parkinsons: COVID-19 information
    59. Neurophysiology
    60. Neuropsychology
    61. Neurosurgery
      1. Neurosurgery Contacts Page
      2. Neuro-oncology
        1. Cancer Support
          1. Cancer Support Centres
          2. Children's Support
        2. Neuro-Oncology Patient Information Leaflets
        3. Brain Tumour Grades and Types
        4. Specialist Nurse/Key Worker Role
        5. Neuroscience Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
    62. NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
      1. About the Unit
      2. The Neonatal Team
      3. Visiting NICU
      4. Parent facilities
      5. Keep Me Close Appeal
      6. NICU: FAQs
      7. Contact Us
      8. vCreate Video Messaging Service
      9. NICU useful links
    63. Nuclear Medicine
      1. Meet the Team
    64. Occupational Health
    65. Oesophago-Gastric Surgery
      1. Oesophageal and Gastric Conditions
      2. Specialist Team
      3. Cancer Treatment Information Leaflets
      4. Our Wards and Outpatients
      5. Advice for Referrers
      6. Dietary Advice
      7. Supporting You
      8. Financial Assistance
      9. Transport and Parking
      10. Accommodation for Relatives
      11. Contact Us
      12. Feedback
      13. Helpful Links
    66. Orthodontics
    67. Pain Management
      1. Where we are
      2. Pain Rehabilitation
      3. Body Reprogramming
      4. Specialist Services
      5. Pain Management Drugs and Procedures
      6. Our Specialist Team
      7. Useful Links
      8. Information for Healthcare Professionals
      9. Referral Process
    68. Palliative Care
    69. Peninsula Liver & HPB Cancer Centre
      1. Liver and HPB Conditions
      2. Specialist Team
      3. Patient Information Leaflets
      4. Our Wards and Outpatients
      5. Dietary Advice
      6. Accommodation for Relatives
      7. Transport and Parking
      8. Contact Us
      9. Helpful Links
      10. Financial Assistance
      11. Supporting You
      12. Advice for Referrers
      13. Publication and Research
      14. Patient Pathways
      15. Preparing for your operation
    70. Physiotherapy
      1. Paediatric Physiotherapy
      2. Information for Physios
      3. Hydrotherapy
      4. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
      5. Appointments
      6. Contact Information
      7. Self-referral Info
      8. Self-referral Form
        1. Self-referral form Plymouth
        2. Self-referral form Tavistock
        3. Self-referral form Kingsbridge
      9. Useful Links
      10. Outpatient Physiotherapy
        1. Knee
        2. Acupuncture
        3. Foot and Ankle
        4. Vestibular Rehabilitation
        5. Ante-natal and Post-natal Physiotherapy
        6. Women's Health Physiotherapy
        7. Shoulder
        8. Neck Pain
        9. Osteoarthritis
        10. Outpatient Physiotherapy Sites
        11. First Contact Practitioners (FCP's)
      11. Patient Information
    71. Maternity
      1. Midwifery Care in the Hospital
      2. Midwifery Care in the Community
      3. Midwife Booking
      4. Antenatal Care
        1. Antenatal Screening
        2. Great Expectations Antenatal Programme
        3. Fetal Medicine
      5. Your Pregnancy Health
      6. Your pelvic health
      7. Birth following Caesarean Section
      8. Homebirth
      9. Waterbirth
      10. Feeding your baby
      11. Transitional Care Ward
      12. Argyll Ward
      13. NICU
      14. Newborn Screening
      15. Devon Maternity Voices Partnership
      16. Birth Afterthoughts Service
      17. Further information and useful links
      18. Maternity Friends and Family Test
      19. Maternity Guidelines
    72. Occupational Therapy
      1. Out-patient Service
      2. Appointments
      3. Contact Information
    73. Children's Theatres
      1. Coming to Children's Theatres
      2. Pre-operative Assessment
      3. What happens before your operation?
      4. What happens after your operation?
      5. Information for parents and carers
      6. All About Our Services
      7. All About Us
      8. All about going to sleep
      9. Watch our short film
    74. Plymouth Dialysis Unit
      1. Holiday Dialysis
      2. Research and Clinical Trials
      3. Useful Links
    75. Vascular Access
    76. Research and Development
      1. Our Research Team
      2. Locally Developed Research
      3. Research News
      4. Information for Researchers
        1. Research breakfasts
        2. Courses and Events
        3. Research Bites
        4. Research SOPs, WIs and Guidance
        5. Developing a Research Project
        6. Research Ethics Committee (REC)
        7. Information Governance in Research
        8. Registering Research on a Public Database
          1. Public Access Databases
        9. Human Tissue Act
        10. Our Research Partners
        11. UHP Research Strategy 2019-2024
        12. Innovation
          1. Plymouth Health Innovation Alliance
          2. Trust Innovation Group
          3. Intellectual Property
      5. Information for the Public
        1. Public involvement in research
        2. Participating in a Clinical Trial
        3. Privacy Notice for Research Patients
      6. Information for Sponsors
        1. Our Research Performance
        2. Access to EHR Guidance
      7. Working for us
      8. Contact Us
      9. Lind Research Centre
      10. Mobile Research Unit
    77. Restorative Dentistry
    78. Intensive Care Unit
      1. About the unit
      2. The ICU Team
      3. Visiting on ICU
      4. Visitor Facilities
      5. Derriford's Secret Garden
      6. Contact ICU
      7. Useful Links
      8. For Healthcare Professionals
      9. Spring Intensive Care Charity
      10. #RehabLegend
        1. #RehabLegend Patient Stories and Videos
        2. #RehabLegend Resources
        3. Delirium
          1. Delirium resources for patients
          2. Delirium resources for loved ones
          3. Delirium resources for clinicians
        4. Rehab Olympic Challenge
        5. Support #RehabLegend
        6. Get your #RehabLegend badges
        7. ICU Triathlon
        8. Useful links
    79. Rheumatology
      1. Meet the Team
      2. Direct Access Service: Patients
      3. Direct Access Service: Health Professionals
      4. Patient Information
      5. Research
    80. Primrose Breast Care Centre
      1. Meet the team
      2. Breast Screening
      3. Breast Care Nursing and Support
      4. Be Breast Aware
      5. Breast Surgery
      6. Your feedback
      7. Contact Us
      8. Healthcare Professionals
    81. Safeguarding
      1. Safeguarding Information for patients
      2. Safeguarding Useful Links
    82. Sarcoma
      1. Patient Information Leaflets
      2. What is Sarcoma?
      3. Sarcoma Team
      4. Diagnosing a Sarcoma
      5. Investigations
      6. Information for Clinicians
      7. Treatment
      8. Multi Disciplinary Clinic
      9. Patient Pathways
      10. Support
      11. Links
      12. Glossary of Terms
    83. Covid rehabilitation
      1. Occupational Therapy
      2. Speech & Language Therapy
      3. Physiotherapy
      4. Dietetics
    84. Shoulder and Elbow Orthopaedic Service
      1. Our team
      2. Shoulder and Elbow Clinics
      3. Information Zone: Healthcare Professionals
      4. Information Zone: Patients
      5. How to refer
      6. Contact the Shoulder and Elbow Team
    85. Skin Cancer
      1. Skin Cancer Team
      2. Malignant Melanoma
      3. Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
      4. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
      5. Wide Local Excision
      6. How to check your Lymph Nodes
      7. Pre-operative Assessment
      8. Skin Grafts for Skin Cancer
      9. Donor Sites
      10. Node Dissection
      11. Our Wards and Clinics
      12. Useful Contacts and Links
      13. Help with Finance
      14. Transport and Parking
    86. Speech and Language Therapy
      1. Inpatient Service
      2. Voice Clinic Services
      3. Head and Neck Cancer Macmillan Specialist SALT
      4. Stroke Services
      5. Fluoroswallow (previously Videofluoroscopy)
      6. Training to become a Speech and Language Therapist
      7. Contact Us
    87. Stone service
      1. The lithotripter
      2. Meet the team
      3. Advice sheets
      4. Contact details
      5. Healthcare professionals
    88. Teenage and Young Adult Cancer
      1. TYAC Care
      2. The Team
      3. Supporting You
      4. Useful Links
    89. Quality Academy
      1. Celebrations & Shared Learning
      2. Practice Coach Training
      3. Creating an Improvement Culture
      4. Meet the Team
      5. Getting Involved
      6. Toolbox
      7. Delivered Project Resource
      8. Kata Training - Scientific Improvement
    90. Theatre Central
    91. Thoracic Surgery
      1. Our Thoracic Facilities
      2. Our Results
      3. Our Surgical Team and Ward Contact Details
    92. Thyroid and Endocrine Cancer
      1. Thyroid and Endocrine Cancers
      2. Thyroid Cancer Team
      3. Inpatient and Outpatient Care
      4. Useful Links
      5. Contact Us
    93. Ophthalmology (REI - Eye Services)
      1. New REI building
      2. REI Patient Information
      3. Plymouth Ocular Motor Unit (POMU)
        1. POMU Patient Information
        2. POMU Healthcare Professionals
    94. Mustard Tree
      1. Covid-19 Resources for Cancer Patients and families
      2. About us
      3. Our Services
        1. Mindfulness Online Sessions
        2. Online appointment request
        3. Macmillan benefits advice appointment request
        4. Complimentary Therapy Referral
      4. Support Groups
      5. Cancer Supportive Care Directory
        1. Physical Concerns
        2. Practical Concerns
        3. Family/Relationship Concerns
        4. Emotional Concerns
        5. Spiritual or Religious Concerns
        6. Additional Information
      6. Exercise Opportunities
        1. Diet and Exercise Q&A with Marjon
      7. Donations and fundraising
      8. What's on?
      9. Cancer Registration
      10. MySunrise App
      11. Contact Us
    95. Tissue Viability
      1. SSKIN
      2. What is a Pressure Ulcer?
    96. Trauma, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
    97. Stroke Services
      1. Acute Stroke Unit
      2. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Clinics
      3. Stroke & TIA Team
      4. Early Supported Discharge Team
      5. Stroke FAQs
      6. Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
      7. Stroke Useful Links
      8. Information for patients
      9. Information for clinicians
        1. Reperfusion webinars
        2. Haemorrhagic stroke
    98. Urology Cancer
      1. Our Services
      2. How to Refer
      3. Patient Support
    99. Vascular Surgery
      1. Vascular Assessment Unit
    100. South West Transplant Centre
      1. About us
      2. Donating a kidney
      3. Assessment, consent and the transplant operation
      4. After your kidney transplant
      5. Affiliations and Contacts
      6. Patient experience
      7. Links
    101. Your SHiP (GU Medicine)
    102. Peninsula Trauma Centre
      1. PTC Patients and Carers
        1. PTC Patient Information Leaflets
      2. PTC Operational Policy
      3. PTC Injury Guidelines
      4. PTC Trauma Team Guidelines
      5. PTC Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
    103. Radiotherapy
      1. Radiotherapy Pre-Treatment
      2. Radiotherapy Treatment
      3. Site-Specific Patient Information
        1. Breast Radiotherapy
        2. Electron Beam Radiotherapy
        3. Gynaecological Brachytherapy
        4. Stereotactic Radiotherapy
        5. Prostate Radiotherapy Information
        6. Skin Care
    104. Pathology
      1. Welcome to the Pathology Service
      2. About the Pathology Department
      3. Departments
        1. Derriford Combined Laboratory
          1. Biochemistry
          2. Blood Bank
          3. Coagulation
          4. Haematology - Combined Lab
          5. Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I)
          6. Immunology Laboratory
          7. Molecular Biology
          8. Requesting and Reporting
        2. Cellular and Anatomical Pathology
          1. Anatomical Pathology (Mortuary)
          2. Centres Used For Referral
          3. Completing Request Forms
          4. Cytopathology
          5. Histopathology
          6. Neuropathology
          7. Out of Hours On-Call Service
          8. Cellular and Anatomical Pathology Test List
          9. Contact Cellular and Anatomical Pathology
        3. Microbiology
          1. Bacteriology
          2. Virology
          3. Out of Hours Microbiology Service
          4. Clinical & Infection Control Advice and Policies
      4. Services
        1. Data Protection Policy
        2. GP Info
        3. Pathology IT
        4. Pathology Test List
        5. Pathology User Survey
        6. Phlebotomy
        7. Point of Care Testing
        8. Quality Assurance
        9. Research and Development/Clinical Trials
      5. Contact Pathology

  2. Our Consultants

  3. Media Library

    1. Welcome to Plymouth Children's Theatres
    2. Maternity - Our Modern Matron
    3. Maternity - Outpatient care in our Antenatal Clinic
    4. Maternity - Out in the Community
    5. Maternity Unit Tour
    6. Cardiac CT Scan
    7. Introduction to Chemotherapy
    8. Cardiac Stress Perfusion MRI Scan
    9. Getting ready for Surgery
    10. Introduction to the TAVI Procedure
    11. Aortic Stenosis: Evelleen's Story

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  5. I am a patient

    1. How to find us
    2. Your Outpatient Appointment
    3. Video consultations
    4. PIFU: Patient Initiated Follow-Up
    5. Your Inpatient Stay
      1. Hospital Radio Plymouth
      2. Homefirst
      3. Hospital Cleanliness
      4. What's on the menu
    6. Day Case Surgery
    7. Meet the Matrons
      1. Harriet Beard
      2. Sophia Simmons
      3. Sue Johnson
      4. Sharon Raymond
      5. Emma Collins
      6. Judy Frame
      7. Sarah Pickbourne
      8. Kate Gardner
      9. Jenni Pitt
      10. Iain Yearling
    8. Appointment Reminder Service
    9. Digital consent
    10. In an Emergency
    11. Overseas Visitors
    12. Advice and Support
      1. NHS Rainbow Badge
      2. PALS
        1. Deaf Support
      3. Support Groups
      4. Raising comments, suggestions and concerns
      5. Bereavement in Hospital
      6. Pastoral & Spiritual Care (Chaplaincy)
        1. Chapel Events
    13. Patient Experience
      1. Safer Staffing
      2. Carers
    14. Patient Council
      1. Meet our Patient Council
    15. Tell us what you think
      1. Friends and Family Test
      2. Care Opinion
      3. Saying thank you
    16. Access to our services
    17. Waiting Times
      1. Appointment and Admission Waits
    18. Urgent Care Waiting Times
      1. Consult with your GP online
      2. NHS Quicker
    19. Recording your visit
    20. Access to Medical Records
    21. Patient Information Leaflets
    22. Parking at Derriford Hospital
    23. Supported Transport

  6. I am visiting

    1. How to Find Us
    2. Parking at Derriford Hospital
    3. Ward Contacts and Visiting Times
    4. Finding your way at Derriford Hospital
    5. Visiting a Patient
    6. Refreshments
    7. Disabled Facilities
    8. Facilities and Shops
    9. Local Accommodation
    10. Transport Links

  7. Working for us

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    5. Saying Thank You
    6. Video Consultations: Information for clinicians
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  9. Latest News

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  10. Get Involved

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          5. Make a gift in memory
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      5. Contact Us
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  11. UHP Staff Support Hub

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  12. Stay well

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  13. 2022 #1BigTeam Calendar

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