Paul Lumsdon will be joining NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) as Interim Chief Nursing Officer from the 1st of July 2023. This follows the retirement of current Chief Nurse Brigid Stacey on 4th of July 2023. As an experienced leader at executive level, Paul will bring a wealth of senior nursing and […]
On 22 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK, carrying over 1,000 passengers from the West Indies.
People at higher risk of prostate cancer are being urged to visit a local clinic for a screening test and the opportunity to talk to a GP for advice. You are more likely to develop prostate cancer if you are a man and: You are over 50 You are black and over 45 Your dad […]
A far-reaching strategy to improve the health of people in Derby and Derbyshire has been agreed by partners.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a Yellow Heat-Health Alert across the East Midlands, including Derby and Derbyshire, from this Friday (9 June) with temperatures remaining high through the weekend.
Junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) have voted to take industrial action at NHS Trusts across England, including Trusts serving Derby and Derbyshire.
The next round of industrial action will take place from 7am on Wednesday 14 June to 7am on Saturday 17 June. During this time, junior doctors in Derbyshire will have the opportunity and personal choice to go on strike for all or some of the time.
NHS staff in Derbyshire have been helped to improve their health and wellbeing through a bike loan scheme.
Hundreds more people in Derbyshire are to be helped to lose weight and put their type 2 diabetes into remission when an innovative NHS programme is expanded from this month (June).
Anyone can develop Type 2 diabetes, but certain factors can increase your risk
A service that enables community pharmacists to see patients quickly if they have minor conditions has been highlighted as one successful example of improving access to primary care. The Community Pharmacy Consultation Service has been operating in Derbyshire for over a year. It has been particularly embraced by the Lister House GP practice, which has […]