Carers from across Torbay are being invited to attend a host of events this June for some well-deserved fun and relaxation - all timed to coincide with National Carers Week 2019 (10 – 16 June). Carers…
A group of NHS and community partners met on 3 April to review progress with new ways of delivering health and care in Dartmouth, including plans for a new Health and Wellbeing Centre in the town. …
Patients will benefit from improved care with the award of a new £250,000 grant aimed at supporting research by health professionals in Torbay and South Devon. The fund will support the first proje…
Patients in Torbay and South Devon suffering from coronary artery disease can now undergo a life-saving procedure at Torbay Hospital for the first time - also reducing waiting times for surgery. T…
With Easter fast approaching, Devon’s NHS leaders are calling on people to take preventative measures ahead of the bank holidays and after. The long Easter weekend traditionally puts extra pressure…
People in Devon are being offered free help to combat the threat of diabetes as new figures reveal more than 700 people had a limb amputated because of the disease. This week (1-7 April 2019) is Na…
The Newton Abbot Hospital League of Friends has donated over £10,000 to the Albany Street Clinic run by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The funds, presented to the Trust’s Community S…
A local GP is at the helm of a pivotal NHS organisation for Devon that marks its first day of operation today, 1 April 2019. Dr Paul Johnson, who lives in Exeter and is a GP at Cricketfield Surgery…
Children are learning how to save lives thanks to newly qualified doctors from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The national project, teaching students the emergency life-saving procedu…
A service for 0-19 year olds and their families has been awarded to Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. Action for Children and The Children’s Society will be subcontractors to this contract.…
The League of Friends of the former Bovey Tracey Community Hospital has donated over £40,000 towards new equipment that will help NHS patients in the local area. The League’s donation has enabled t…
New cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England have fallen to the lowest levels since records began. The new data published by Public Health England comes ahead of World TB Day on Sunday 24 March. Follo…
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is moving a step closer to paperless records, having introduced electronic prescribing on some of the wards at Torbay Hospital. Instead of using paper-based…
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, is encouraging patients to stop smoking before having surgery to reduce the risk of potential complications. Patients are reminded of the Trust’s ‘Stop Be…