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Work on a new three year plan to improve NHS dentistry in Derby and Derbyshire has begun. The 2025-28 plan aims to: invest in the areas of greatest need reduce inequalities in access to dental care and inequalities in oral health improve access to NHS dentistry The new plan was agreed after extensive consultation with […]

By Annie Diamond, Advanced Public Health Practitioner, Derbyshire County Council and Angela Odell, Public Health Manager, Derby City Council. The NHS Health Check is a free check-up of overall health.  It’s designed to tell you whether you are at higher risk of getting health problems such heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and vascular dementia. The check […]

The priorities of local people and communities for the future of the NHS have been published.More than 180 people took part in seven workshop events across the county during January and February, in response to the government’s “Change NHS” programme.Organisations and representatives who took part included:Mental Health TogetherThe Workshop Derby (which supports adults living with […]

Groups of women’s health champions are being trained to support conversations and increase knowledge and understanding of health matters through a new project.

An innovative approach to rehabilitation for people with both lung disease and heart failure dramatically improved mental and physical health, compared to separate programmes, a Derbyshire research study has found. NHS Derby and Derbyshire funded Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust to conduct the study with people who had both heart failure and chronic […]

Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council have launched a new partnership aimed at supporting residents to quit smoking. 

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton’s (UHDB) Digital Services team has been recognised by leading digital identity company Imprivata, for their work saving 3,000 hours of clinician’s time each month with the Enterprise Identity and Access Management installation.