💙 Every number on a waiting list is a person and behind every list is a dedicated team, working together to make things better. We’re incredibly proud of what we have achieved: ⏱️ Patients treated within 18 weeks up from 63.3% to 70.4%, well above the national average (61.8%) in just 5 months 🗓️ 1,000 extra appointments created across ENT, Gastroenterology and Cardiology 💰 Saving £20,000 a month through patient validation 🏥 Improved theatre productivity, including extra weekend work to reduc

🧑🎓 Tempted to join our award-winning nursing degree programme with The Open University, but don't know where to begin? There's still time to find out how to join our class of 2026 before applications close on 10 February. Come and talk to our team tomorrow from 6-8pm on MS Teams to find out about entry requirements, funding and what you'll learn while training in our acute and community hospitals and studying for your children's or adults nursing degree with The Open University. Email tsdft.pr

🎉 And the winners are… 🎉 We know our people are incredible — going above and beyond every single day for one another and for the people who use our services. The Our People Awards are all about shining a spotlight on those standout individuals and teams who make a real difference. Any member of staff can nominate a colleague or a team for one of the seven categories and winners are chosen by a panel of judges four times a year. It’s time to celebrate our latest winners...drum roll please! 🥁 �

📺 Did you see Paignton Community Hub on BBC Spotlight last night? If you don’t know about the hub, it’s a one stop shop where you can get health and wellbeing support and advice from the NHS, the council, the voluntary sector and Healthwatch, all under one roof. ☎️ It's a fantastic service located on the ground floor of Paignton Library, next to the train and bus stations on Great Western Road. It's open every day from 9.30am -1.30pm. You can call 07562 780 102 or visit https://buff.ly/Ub8bn85

4️⃣ On the fourth day of Christmas…we’re saying thank you to our Community Teams. 🎶 In the 12 months up to Christmas, our community teams supported 20,000 patients in Torbay and South Devon— delivering care closer to home where it matters most. A huge thank you to everyone working out in our communities 💙 #12DaysOfChristmas | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Do you have a physical, sensory or learning disability; autism; or a long-term condition (such as dementia) or a language barrier, or do you care for someone who does? If yes, you may be entitled to a reasonable adjustment, which is a change that services including the NHS must make to make sure people with any disability can access them. We’re introducing a new system next month to make sure all reasonable adjustments are recorded digitally on our clinical systems so the people involved with yo