Great news! There are a number of national award opportunities to recognise colleagues working in our corporate, support and workplace services. It is important to recognise the valuable contributions of these teams as their work, though often unseen and underappreciated,…
Upcoming exciting events for 2024
These events are a great way to raise funds for your ward or area, or for the Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity. This year the podiatry team took part in the Inflatable 5k and raised enough to fund three…
Tickets are now available for the SCBU Christmas draw, raising funds for HDU monitors and developmental care aids
This year tickets are available online as well as on the unit. We are also selling tickets in the main reception on level 4, Torbay Hospital: Tickets are £1 each and the draw will take place on Friday 15 December.…
Delivering joy this Christmas
After the success of last year’s Delivering Joy campaign, organised by Dunelm in Torquay, which saw over 300 gifts delivered to patients in our local hospitals over Christmas, we are proud to announce that Dunelm Torquay has again chosen is…
Breast care unit art exhibition
The breast care unit recently held an art exhibition to raise money for an art therapy group for breast cancer patients. A local artist and past breast cancer patient to the unit, provided paintings that documented her recovery as an…
Ainslie ward receives certificate for best attendance to palliative care ward training
In response to the CQC visit feedback we received earlier this year, we have made a commitment to improve palliative care. Palliative care bitesize training was set up and since March we have delivered training to 226 members of staff…
Our latest Our People Awards winners
We are delighted to be able to share with the winners for the latest round of Our People Awards. We had had some really great nominations and our judges had some tough decisions to make. Congratulations to all the winners…
Successful completion of the ‘craning’ work for theatres expansion at Torbay Hospital
A huge thank you to everyone at Torbay Hospital for their understanding and patience while we completed the vital work of craning in our modular build for the day theatres expansion over the weekend. Our capital developments and workplace teams…
Chief Nursing Officer Award win for Nik
Congratulations to Nik Hill who has been awarded the national Chief Nursing Officer healthcare support worker award from NHS England. Nik was nominated for their excellent work supporting healthcare support worker colleagues. This has included organising the HCSW council, planning…
SAS Week 2023
We had an incredible SAS Week this year, celebrating and championing our SAS doctors with a range of special events. SAS doctors are specialty doctors or specialist grade doctors with at least four years of postgraduate training, two of which are…