Yearly archives for 2021

Our yearly news and events archives for 2021. If you have any queries regarding these, please contact the Communications Team.


Update from your Maternity Services – December 2021 (24 December 2021)
As every part of the NHS is currently under extreme pressure. We would like to reassure you that your Maternity Services are open and here to support you.

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Watch our Carol Service (20 December 2021)
This year’s carol service was again held virtually. The carol service includes traditional readings and carols from our hospital choir.

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Devon residents urged, “Get Boosted Now” (14 December 2021)
Devon’s residents are being urged to “Get Boosted Now” as part of an urgent national appeal to better protect themselves from the Omicron variant.

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Get NHS advice quickly ahead of ‘winter like no other’ (14 December 2021)
Use NHS 111 online to get urgent medical advice quickly as we enter what England’s top doctor says will be a ‘winter like no other’.

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Our Emergency Department is extremely busy (3 December 2021)
Consider using our Urgent Treatment Centre at Newton Abbot, open 8am to 8pm every day providing treatment and care for a range of urgent care needs.

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Torbay Hospital Emergency Department


Plea for patience as rising levels of abuse from patients leave dedicated NHS staff distressed and in tears (30 November 2021)
The healthcare workers who we clapped on our doorsteps last year say they are increasingly being abused by the people they work so hard to care for.

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Residents of TQ6 asked for views on former cottage hospital site (29 November 2021)
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and Dartmouth Town Council are exploring whether the community can buy the former Dartmouth Hospital site.

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Dartmouth and Kingswear Community Hospital


Audiology Department welcomes artwork from students (26 November 2021)
Members of the Audiology Department at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust are delighted to have received a series of original artworks.

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Audiology Department welcomes artwork from students


NHS urges people to do their bit as COVID-19 inpatients increase (24 November 2021)
The number of patients in Devon’s hospitals with COVID-19 has risen substantially this month and is expected to continue rising.

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Pass it on! ‘Everyone knows a Carer’ events – week of 22 November 2021 (17 November 2021)
It's Carers Rights Day on Thursday 25 November and there will be a huge range of activities going on across Devon to say thank you to unpaid Carers.

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