Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are being encouraged to cycle to work in a ‘go green’ initiative which will also gain more car parking spaces for patients and visitors.
Around 500 members of staff currently bike in and, with a Trust-wide focus on bicycle security, it is hoped that many more will follow suit.
Simon Dallas, security management specialist, said: “We are aware of the problems with car parking at the hospital and are doing all that we can to tackle this. One big way to ease pressure is for more people to cycle to work but many people...
Reported earlier today: One lane remains closed on the A30 near Okehampton after two lorries collided at around 6.10am on Thursday 10 October.
The drivers of both drivers were taken to hospital; both are believed to have leg injuries which are not thought to be life threatening or life changing.
The collision occurred between the B3260 turning and Sourton Cross, westbound. Police say the recovery of the vehicles is underway.
A white Scania HGV registered to Lanarkshire and red Renault HGV registered to Newton Abbot...
Councillors attended a meeting on 12 August with representatives of the RD&E and highway officers of Devon County Council to discuss hospital parking.
The RD&E is working with the County Council to produce a travel plan intended to reduce the number of hospital staff, patients and visitors who use on-street parking in Wonford.
Some improvements are already taking place with 107 parking spaces being brought back into use after the recent building work and negotiations underway to obtain a further 130 spaces offsite.
A surgical robot pulled in huge crowds when it went on display at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E).
Members of staff and hospital visitors had the opportunity to learn more about how the robot works and even try their hands at an operation – on tiny rubber sculptures, rather than patients.
The £2.5 million state-of-the-art robotic equipment is being used in the RD&E to carry out complex surgery for prostate cancer.
During robot-assisted surgery, the surgeon watches and guides the procedure on a high-definition computer screen with 3-D...
Judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled that Exeter Christian nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, was not the victim of religious discrimination by her employers at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
Ms Chaplin was transferred to a desk job by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital in 2009 for failing to remove a confirmation crucifix on a small chain, which she had worn to work for 30 years.
The hospital said it had acted in an appropriate and sensitive matter.
In the same hearing, the Court have ruled that British Airways employee Nadia Eweida's...
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital has reminded visitors that it is experiencing an increase in patients admitted with diarrhoea and/or vomiting caused by the norovirus.
Norovirus is widespread in the local community at the moment. Norovirus spreads from person to person extremely easily and causes outbreaks in hospital which result in wards being closed to further admissions. There are now several wards affected.
In order to protect both patients and visitors, the hospital is restricting the number of people who visit patients.
Exeter Chiefs may be gearing up for a busy festive period of fixtures, but on Wednesday members of the first-team squad took an afternoon out to pay a special festive visit to the Bramble Children's Unit at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. Players Neil Clark, James Hanks, Mark Foster, Alex Brown, Dave Ewers and Aly Muldowney took on the role of Santa Claus for one very special afternoon and made their annual visit to the local hospital to spend time with youngsters who are facing up to the prospect of remaining on the wards for Christmas and beyond. After finishing their preparations...
The RD&E is experiencing an increase in patients admitted with diarrhoea and/or vomiting caused by the norovirus. Norovirus is widespread in the local community at the moment. Norovirus spreads from person to person extremely easily and causes outbreaks in hospital which result in wards being closed to further admissions. There are now several wards affected.
In order to protect both our patients and visitors we need to restrict the number of people who visit patients. On all of our wards (with the exceptions of ITU, Bramble Unit, Maternity and Neonatal Unit where the usual...
Passed away peacefully at the Exeter Hospice on September 9th 2015 aged 66 years after a short illness. Loved wife of Tom, loving mum of Paul and Nick, mother-in-law of Jane and Claire, devoted nan of Lydia, Niall and Orla.
Funeral Mass at the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church on Monday September 21st at 9.30am, followed by cremation at 10.45am.
Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Wynard Ward Fund by retiring collection or sent to LeRoy Funerals 298 Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 6HG.
Police in Exeter are appealing for information following a serious injury road traffic collision. At approx 5.45am on Wednesday 23 October, a female cyclist was found lying in the road at the junction of Honiton Road, and Lower Hill Barton Road, Exeter. It is believed the cyclist had been riding along the offside pavement travelling towards the city centre. The woman, aged in her early 20s, was found unconscious and lying in the centre of the junction. She was taken to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Wonford, suffering from serious head injuries.
