The overall experience of inpatients at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) has improved this year, according to the latest national inpatient survey.
Nearly 600 people shared their views about the care they received at NDHT.
The results have been published by the Care Quality Commission as part of its look at standards around the country.
The survey also puts NDHT in the top fifth of trusts for issues such as feeling looked after by hospital staff and the level of respect and dignity for patients.
Dr Alison Diamond, chief executive for the Trust,...
A visitors survey is being carried out in Exmouth by an independent team of researchers over the next few months as part of an initiative by the town’s Coastal Community Team.
The study will provide key information about the Exmouth visitor economy and will involve a team of trained interviewers speaking face to face to around 1,000 people visiting the town from this month to October.
The Exmouth Coastal Community Team was established last year and its aim is to raise the town’s economic potential. The team is a local partnership which includes East Devon District Council...
With prostate cancer claiming the lives of one many every hour in the UK, it's one of the most common male-specific diseases in the country, and the second biggest killer after lung cancer. That’s why this Father’s Day weekend (June 18th and 19th) charity supporters from Exeter are being urged to join thousands from across the UK to gather en masse and get on their bike to take part in the national fundraising effort and biggest cycling event of its kind, the ‘Rotary Ride’. The Rotary Ride, which is now in its second year is a nationwide event organised by Rotary International in Great...
Sainsbury’s Pinhoe has marked a year of fundraising for their 2015 Charity of the Year, Rainbow Living, with the presentation of a cheque for £5,207.
Over the last 12 months Sainsbury’s Pinhoe has held many fundraising events for the local charity, including second hand book sales, car boot sales, and a curry & quiz night, along with several fun in-store events such as an Easter Bunny Hunt and Guess the Weight of the Heart Shaped bun to mark Valentine’s Day.
Individual staff also took on personal challenges as part of the store’s on-going charity support, including...
George Ford (Bath Rugby) and Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) return to the England starting 15 for the second Test match against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, 18 June (kick-off 11am BST, live on Sky Sports 1).
Ford starts at fly-half with Owen Farrell (Saracens) moving to inside centre, while Cornishman Nowell is reinstated on the wing at the expense of Marland Yarde (Harlequins).
The pack is unchanged to the one that started the first Test against Australia in Brisbane last weekend, but on the bench Saracens hooker Jamie George, Harlequins back-row forward Jack Clifford...
The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 25th June.
Visitors will be abel to:
- see the work done and being done to repair broken monuments: restored chest tombs; broken headstones repaired and set upright; and gravestones being put together piece by piece.
- view an exploratory excavation which could reveal a previously unknown underground vault.
- hear about previous excavations including an investigation of an intact underground vault with visible burials.
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
Can you believe it? It’s our FIRST BIRTHDAY event! Yes, we’ve been throwing bonkers family raves in Exeter for a whole year, and we’re back on 10th July with our biggest rave yet. Our theme for this one is “Summer Of Love”.
Let’s groove on, ‘cause it’s time to move on - we’ve bagged ourselves a legendary figure to headline our special birthday party. The one and only CHAD JACKSON (Hacienda / DMC Champion) joins us for a very special BFLF Exeter debut set.
The stunning Devonshire village of Branscombe once again hosts some of the world’s top musicians with the fourth Branscombe Festival from Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July 2016.
The Branscombe Festival combines world-class musicians with an idyllic countryside setting. Over three summer days, leading classical and opera artists perform in the village’s most picturesque venues, with cream tea served on Saturday afternoon and a hog roast that evening.
The festival culminates in a free concert on Branscombe beach by the Camborne Town Band.
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has reported increased activity in the care home market in the South West over the first half of 2016 as compared to the same period last year.
Christie & Co’s South West team, which includes offices in Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, has completed on 40% more care businesses, and agreed deals at an increase of almost 25%, than this time last year.
This growth of demand in the market comes despite the looming European referendum, as well as the implementation of the National Living Wage on 1st April which was...
