
Help Us Help You Stay Safe in Hospital during COVID-19 This leaflet is intended for adult patients who have been invited to attend the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital or one of our other treatment sites. We recognise that you may be worried about coming in for a face-to-face appointment, diagnostic test or treatment. We
Every year, following the publication of our Annual Report and Accounts, we hold an Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM), which is open to the public and our Foundation Trust members – including our staff. This year’s meeting was held on Wednesday 30 September 2020. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held virtually online, and the recordings
In line with national guidance and in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, on 23 March 2020, we took the difficult decision to implement visitor restrictions across the Trust, which included our maternity services. While we understand that restrictions to our maternity services are incredibly difficult for mums-to-be and their partners, COVID-19 is highly infectious and
The Royal Devon and Exeter will be going live with the MY CARE electronic patient record system, and new clinical pathways, across all of its acute and community locations, in the early hours of Saturday 10 October. Between now and go live there will be a lot happening. We will continue to test all the
As the Government moves to restore some normality to society and many of our healthcare services resume across Devon, health providers have agreed now it is the right time to reintroduce charges for parking as they were in March 2020, prior to lockdown starting. On Tuesday 1 September, hospitals across Devon will therefore reintroduce parking
A brand new helipad at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) is now open, thanks to a £1million donation from the HELP Appeal – the only charity in the country dedicated to funding NHS hospital helipads.The hospital’s previous helipad was unable to receive night landings, but the new helipad is equipped with
On behalf of all staff at the RD&E, in recognition of the 72nd Anniversary of the NHS and of the challenging time during the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all our members and our community for your support during this unprecedented time, showing up on your doorsteps for weeks clapping