At this time of the year, I enjoy thinking back over the successes and challenges of the last 12 months and start to make plans and ambitions for January.
It is increasingly recognised by partners across Chesterfield that everyone has an equal right to the building blocks of good health, such as stable jobs, good pay, quality housing and good education. But this isn’t the reality for everyone. In some of our communities in Chesterfield, those building blocks are missing.
Nigel Smith has been appointed as a new Non-Executive Member of NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board.
Every winter, many of us will come down with coughs and sniffles as the cold and damp weather hits.
NHS Derby and Derbyshire is urging the public to plan ahead, stay safe, and to use NHS services wisely ahead of the Christmas and New Year bank holidays in order to get the right care in the best place.
The charity Jericho House, which helps men in Derby and Derbyshire with drug and alcohol addiction recovery, welcomed ICB chair Kathy McLean this week for a tour of their nine-bed residential house.