News and events

To view the latest news, press releases and events from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, click the links below.
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New birthing suite opens at Torbay Hospital to enhance birth experience for women and families (30 July 2026)
Torbay Hospital opens The Cove, a new birthing suite featuring a birthing pool, refurbished birth room, and an accessible wet room to enhance birth choices.

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NHS staff members cut a blue ribbon reading "Building Our Brighter Future" to officially open The Cove birthing suite at Torbay Hospital, featuring a new white birthing pool in the background.

Legacy gift transforms pacemaker room at Torbay Hospital (29 July 2026)
A generous legacy gift to Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity is funding improvements to create a calmer environment for Heart and Lung patients.

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The newly refurbished pacemaker room in the Heart and Lung Department at Torbay Hospital, featuring wall-to-wall floral mural artwork titled "Through the Meadow" by local printmaker Niamh Geraghty Morris. The artwork displays tall green grasses, pink thistle-like flowers, and white daisies across the upper walls. Below the mural sits a blue patient chair, medical equipment, a computer monitor, and an informational panel about the Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity legacy gift from Mr Kenneth Zaple.

Patients rate Torbay and South Devon’s cancer services as among the best in the country (23 July 2026)
People we have treated for cancer have once again rated their care and experience among the best in the country.

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Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity thanks supporters at special anniversary event (10 July 2026)
Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity marks 30 years of local healthcare support, celebrating the donors and fundraisers transforming patient and staff lives.

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MY CARE and the NHS App are now linked (9 July 2026)
Patients can now use their NHS App login to access MY CARE with a new secure link between the two online services.

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Welcoming new members of our Board of Directors (2 July 2026)
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust welcomes new Non-Executive Directors Joanna Webber and Arwel Griffiths, and Associate Director Debbie Stark.

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Photos of the three new non-executive directors

Our NHS needs you! Become a governor and make your voice count (30 June 2026)
Could you help shape the future of NHS care? We're encouraging people to step forward to represent where they live by becoming a public governor.

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Our Board meeting in public – Thursday 02 July (26 June 2026)
Our Board of Directors will meet in public on Thursday 02 July at 12:30pm, in the Board Room at Torbay Hospital.

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Statement on cellular pathology (histopathology) services and Gadeon House (26 June 2026)
We recognise there has been interest and some confusion about plans for pathology services at Torbay Hospital and the use of Gadeon House in Exeter.

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Marking 30 years of day surgery at Torbay Hospital with significant investment in robotic technology (25 June 2026)
We are proud to announce a major new investment in robotic surgery at Torbay Hospital.

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