Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A senior cardiologist told an inquest on a Perranwell man who waited five days to be transferred from the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske to Derriford Hospital that his death was avoidable.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
The generosity of a former patient has led to a hospital ward receiving a vital piece of equipment. Derriford Hospital League of Friends presented Shaugh Ward at Derriford Hospital with an ECG machine and trolley.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Visitors to a public exhibition on 10-year redevelopment proposals for Derriford Hospital said it was "about time" the plans moved forward.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A devon hospital has revealed that patients no longer have to wait for hearing tests. Plymouth's Derriford Hospital has announced that since June patients needing to be examined for their first hearing aid or those having their current aid reassessed have not had to wait at all.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
My daughter has just had a new baby boy delivered on the labour ward at Derriford Hospital. The care and attention was faultless and we cannot thank the hospital staff enough for the care they gave my daughter Nicki and her new baby boy.
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Cancer patients from across Cornwall gathered in Truro this week to collect signatures for a petition opposing a decision to move cancer services out of Cornwall to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
PATIENTS and MPs have slammed a hospital's "cavalier" attitude for leaving confidential files in a disused cancer ward. Hundreds of mammogram scan files detailing names, ages and addresses were left in an unlocked ward in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Derriford Hospital in Plymouth has significantly cut infection rates, health chiefs say. Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has seen a 50 per cent drop in MRSA bactaraemias, from 98 cases in 2003-04 to 49 in 2007-08.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
By Helen Collis The Westcountry's largest hospital is unable to meet its target of a four-hour maximum wait for emergency patients because of a shortage of nursing staff. Derriford Hospital in Plymouth admitted it has hundreds of shifts unfilled by temporary staff each week.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
By Petra Mann Health campaigners in Cornwall have vowed to fight an "appalling decision" to transfer life-saving cancer services out of the county. Patients with upper gastro intestinal cancer will have to travel to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital to be operated on.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
By Petra Mann Health campaigners in Cornwall have vowed to fight an "appalling decision" to transfer life-saving cancer services out of the county. Patients with upper gastro intestinal cancer will have to travel to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital to be operated on.
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
An appeal set up to raise £150,000 to buy an ultrasound scanning machine for the ante-natal department at Derriford Hospital has topped the £25,000 mark.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
By Jane Omara Two women who have campaigned for the treatment of breast cancer sufferers have expressed concern at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital's treatment of victims of the disease.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
Plans for a new pounds50 million hospital, within view of Plymouth's existing Derriford Hospital, were unveiled yesterday.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Maternity services at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth are judged the worst in Devon and Cornwall.
