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Peninsula celebrates budding success of new venture

Peninsula Private Medical Services opened its doors to invited guests for the ‘official’ launch Waterloo Court Health and Wellbeing Hub near Uffculme.

With the service already up and running, and word spreading fast, the founders were keen to celebrate successes so far and have the opportunity to showcase the impressive capabilities to invited guests.

Around 50 people took the opportunity to look around the facilities of the bespoke building, which grew from two old farm cottages. The main building at Waterloo Court now houses a private GP service with specialisms...

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Libraries and GPs join forces to offer books on prescription

A national scheme offering ‘books on prescription' to people with mental health problems is to be rolled out across Devon.

Devon County Council has teamed up with leading independent charity The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians to help launch the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme, which aims to use reading as a tool to help those who suffer from conditions such as depression, anxiety, stress, phobias and some eating disorders.

The new initiative, which is the first national books on prescription scheme for England, provides self-help reading as an...

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Lorraine and Tracy Celebrate 25 Years at Exeter Nuffield

Lorraine Vaughan of Cheriton Bishop and Tracy Teasdale of Ebford are celebrating 25 years of service between them at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital.

Lorraine works as a Staff Nurse in Out Patients and started with Nuffield Health in 2003, moving to Exeter in 2006. She said “I love looking after the patients, and the Nuffield is such a friendly and positive place to work. The job has really changed in the last ten years and now I work with the minor-ops team and carry out pre-assessments.”

Tracy Teasdale is a Pharmacist and started in the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital...

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Make a date to donate in National Blood Week

This year's National Blood Week runs from 10-16 June 2013. This annual campaign aims to recruit much-needed new donors and highlight the life-changing treatments and surgeries that donated blood helps to make possible.

National Blood Week was launched in 2011 when a hugely successful week saw more than 10,000 people across England and North Wales 'make a date to donate'. Singers Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Jenny Frost gave their support to the campaign by giving blood.

In 2012 new and existing donors were encouraged to 'roll their sleeves up' like Made in Chelsea's Rosie...

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See Spots Run

You would think with all the spot products and vanishing creams on the market, we would see clearer faces in the hallways of high schools and secondary schools.

The problem is, most teenagers don't think about taking care of their skin. They think they and their bodies are invincible but the truth is, if acne is left untreated it's easy to pick at a spot and cause even more damage or worse - end up with scars for life. The good news is that acne is treatable and you don't need harsh chemicals to get the job done.

The first step is cleansing not only the skin, but deep down...

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Nuffield Health Exeter removes time limits on aftercare for patients

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is set to launch a unique service to local patients who require common surgical procedures.

For the first time, patients choosing to have their care outside of the NHS will have no time limits placed on their aftercare following procedures like hip replacements or hernia repair.

The Exeter hospital, part of the Nuffield Health Charity, is launching the service in light of recent high profile concerns about patient care, both in the Independent sector and the NHS. Nuffield Health says it is simply making official its ethos of always putting...

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Have your say in the future of walk-in health services in Exeter

On Wednesday 19 June (6-8pm) at West Exe School and Thursday 27 June (6-8pm) at ISCA college of Media Arts, the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is inviting you to a community engagement meeting that gives you an opportunity to be involved in influencing the design of future health services for Exeter.

The Commissioning Group says: "We want to make sure that our hospital emergency departments remain responsive, safe and sustainable in the future so we have been working with our local healthcare providers; Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust,...

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£120,000 investment in X-ray at Nuffield Exeter

A new £120,000 X-ray machine has been fitted at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital.

The new machine ensures that the equipment at the Nuffield is modern and effective providing quick expert diagnosis for patients.

Stuart Gray, Radiology Manager at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital said: “We see over 7,000 patients a year in the diagnostic imaging department at the Nuffield and want to be able to give the very best service.

"Technology is always advancing, and we work hard to make sure our facilities are the best they can be. This new machine will help ensure that...

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Devon’s NHS 111 service to launch in September

Devon’s two clinical commissioning groups (CCG) have taken the decision to delay the launch of the NHS 111 service so they can learn from other areas where the service already operates to make sure people in Devon get the best possible service.

NHS Direct will continue to provide a service in Devon until NHS 111 goes live.

It will mean Devon will be one of the last areas in the country to launch the NHS 111 service.

Dr Tim Burke, chair of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, said he wanted the NHS in Devon to learn from the issues in...

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Improvements to diagnosis of dementia in Devon shortlisted for national award

Devon’s NHS has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award thanks to improvements it has made to dementia care in the county.

The local NHS, which includes Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, will find out if it has won a Care Integration Award at a ceremony in London on Tuesday 9 July 2013.

The nomination is for the development of a dementia care pathway that has already reduced the waiting times for specialist dementia diagnosis and memory assessment, and has improved awareness of the benefits of diagnosis at an early stage by the patients’ GP.

It means people with...

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Devon GP welcomes Prime Minister’s dementia challenge

A GP from Budleigh Salterton has welcomed a challenge from the Prime Minister to the NHS for 20 per cent more people who have dementia to be diagnosed by 2015.

Dementia Awareness Week takes place this week (19 – 25 May) and the challenge could lead to 160,000 more people in England with dementia receiving access to treatment and support.

In Exeter, East and Mid Devon a new dementia support worker service has recently launched.

It means support workers closely work with GP practices, community mental health teams, complex care teams, local hospitals and the voluntary...

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