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Welcome to this week's Stakeholder Bulletin.
Our stakeholder bulletin aims to bring you key updates from the health and care system.
This week you can read our latest blogs, find updates from recent meetings and find useful news from across the system. |
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Blog: How our teams provide consistent care, more efficiently, as equal partners |
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In our new blogs section this week, Angela Pownall, Team Up Derbyshire Operations Manager for the High Peak area, explains how health and care professionals work together to make a difference to Derbyshire residents.
Team Up includes nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, paramedics, social workers, social prescribers, mental health practitioners and support workers.
Read more. |
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Updates from the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Delivery Board |
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The latest update from the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Delivery Board is now available to read.
The Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Delivery Board brings together partner organisations working across health and social care in Derby and Derbyshire.
Read more. |
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Joined Up Care Derbyshire bi-monthly newsletter |
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The Joined Up Care Derbyshire newsletter which provides important updates on health and care developments around the city and county, is now available.
Our July edition includes articles on: Derbyshire's Community Diagnostics Centres, the Team Up service and how partners are supporting residents with debt, housing and much more.
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Blog: Help is at hand across county if you want to quit smoking |
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In Derbyshire 14% of people smoke – that is higher than the national England average.
In this blog, Ellie Houlston, Director of Public Health at Derbyshire County Council talks about the support available to Derbyshire residents to help them stop smoking.
Read more. |
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Safe Havens receive overwhelming positive feedback |
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Thanks to the vital support provided by Derby Safe Haven, more local people in Derby have received immediate help with their mental health issues.
Safe Havens are focused on reducing immediate concern to those experiencing mental distress, to better support people to access the right help at the right time.
Derby Safe Haven has received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback about the support for local residents.
One resident said: “The team here are amazing, a thank you doesn’t seem enough.”
Read more. |
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New visiting hours at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton |
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On Monday July 8 2024, visiting hours changed across all University Hospitals of Derby and Burton sites, following changes in national regulation from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and feedback from patients, visitors and staff.
Visiting hours for adult inpatient wards will be 8am to 8pm across all five Trust sites with some exceptions in key areas.
Read more. |
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New Dynamic Support Pathway web page |
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A new page for the Dynamic Support Pathway is now available on the Joined up Care Derbyshire website.
The pathway brings together the services who provide help and support to children, young people and adults with a learning disability, autism or both. The key focus being on prevention, early identification and early intervention.
Read more. |
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Speech, language and communications services survey |
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Across Derby partners are looking to build on, and expand, the good work currently being done by the speech, language and communication service. They are keen to hear the views of as many people as possible.
Complete the survey. |
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Whooping cough rates increase |
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Whooping cough rates have risen sharply in recent months. Babies who are too young to start their vaccinations are at greatest risk.
Vaccination is the best defence against whooping cough. The whooping cough vaccine is given as part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule in the UK at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age with a booster offered preschool.
Read more. |
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JUCD self referral library now live |
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Did you know that you don't always need to see a GP or consultant to access some referral services? Self-referral is an option that can make it easier and faster for you to get help, rather than seeing your doctor.
You can register for most of them online. Find out more. |
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If you have any feedback, or questions, please email us at: ddicb.enquiries@nhs.net.
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Disclaimer:
While every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this bulletin are accurate and up-to-date NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board do not accept any responsibility of any omission or inaccuracy as it is not deliberate. Nevertheless, we will appreciate provision of accurate information to improve our work. Where links are provided to external content, NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board holds no responsibility for such content or accuracy.
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