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Kerry Morgan welcoming one of Project Foods first clients, Laura Newman - Credit: Project Food On Monday, February 1, Devon charity Project Food, moved into new premises at Axminster Hospital.  Formerly known as Health and Local Food for Families (HALFF), Project Food provides food education to local people.  During the coronavirus pandemic, the charity has been providing crucial free meal deliveries services to over 40 families and individuals struggling to obtain healthy meals.  More than ...

Major General Paul Nanson (Retired) BRITISH Army officers and soldiers have volunteered to mentor NHS leaders to help them respond to the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 130 members of NHS England staff have been mentored by Army personnel with advice on leadership, dealing with uncertainty, decision making and planning under pressure. The mentoring support began in June 2020 and has continued throughout the pandemic. The Army mentors all have recent experience of military...

Now she has decided to branch out on her own and on February 19 she opened East Devon Chiropractic at 4, Dolphin Court in the town centre. A regulated health care professional, she is registered with the General Chiropractic Council and as such, is allowed to operate within the current coronavirus restrictions and guidelines. The General Chiropractic Council is an independent statutory body established by Parliament to regulate the chiropractic profession in the United Kingdom. It protects the ...

The deaths of 21 more people from coronavirus recorded in the South West Across the country 323 peoples deaths were added to the 120,000+ death toll Updated More Covid-linked deaths in hospitals have been recorded The deaths of 21 more people who had the Covid-19 coronavirus in hospitals in the South West region have been recorded today (Thursday, February 25). Nine of those people died this week, and the other 12 died earlier this month or last month and their deaths have only now been added t...

Hospital confirms its 250th Covid-related death since the start of the pandemic However, Devon and Cornwall still has some of the lowest case rates in England according to the latest official data Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The 250th death of a patient who had tested positive for coronavirus at a hospital in Devon was confirmed by officials today. Yesterday (February 24), it was reported that the combined coronavirus-related death toll in Cornwalls hospitals reached 2...

The fundraiser for the son of a born and bred Helston man has almost reach £10,000. Ben Wallis,14, whose dad Shaun was born and raised in Helston, was diagnosed with both a brain tumour and a rare disease called Langerhans cell histiocytosis which had caused a second tumour at the back of his head. Bens family decided that they would start a fundraiser for the Bristol Childrens Hospital Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal, that funds pioneering, life-saving equipment and research, as wel...

Tim Dixon Published: 12:00 PM February 17, 2021    Fundraiser Sharon Pavey and driver Paul Dimond deliver gift bags to NHS staff at Exeter’s Nightingale hospital - Credit: Paul Dimond East Devon businesses are being urged to once again unite behind hard-pressed NHS workers and care staff. Many companies across all sectors have rallied in support of the unseen heroes of the pandemic throughout the Covid-19 crisis – but while goodwill remains, direct support has waned, says business organis...

Tim Dixon Published: 6:00 AM February 17, 2021    Pictured ready to hit the road are Ottery medical teams, from the left: Dr Louise Knight and Dr Lewis Jones, Dr Simon Kerr and Debbie Kerr and Molly and Dr Kate Gurney. Picture: Coleridge Medical Centre - Credit: Coleridge Medical Centre Hard-working Ottery St Mary medics have hit the road to deliver vital coronavirus vaccines to local housebound people. At the weekend, three cars headed out from the town’s medical centre carrying vaccinatio...

Devon and Cornwall records 84 new Covid-19 cases Torbay saw a dramatic drop in cases, going from 25 yesterday, to just six today 18:24, 17 FEB 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up for our Exeter newsletter and youll never miss a big story againInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Keep me updated When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy...

U.K. government scientific advisers say the COVID-19 variant now predominant in the country may be up to 70% more deadly than previous variants.