Let’s look after ourselves and our neighbours this winter
Every winter, many of us will come down with coughs and sniffles as the cold and damp weather hits.
Find out how to access NHS services over the bank holidays
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.
ICB Chair visits Jericho House charity which helps men tackle addiction
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.
Blog: “Data-led decision making is the driving force behind our commissioning” – NHS analysts can support colleagues to make use of state-of-the-art tech
By Neil Taylor, Senior Intelligence Manger at the Integrated Care BoardThe role of analysts in health and social care is changing.For a long time, we have been working in the background on a range of dashboards evaluating key metrics against our system’s delivery.But now there is a movement which recognises data-led decision making as the […]
Perinatal support team and volunteers welcome ICB Chair Kathy McLean for visit
Dr Kathy McLean, Chair of Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, has been back to the floor, visiting volunteers and staff at not-for-profit organisation Connected Perinatal, who support new parents.
Women asked how health services should be improved
Women across Derby and Derbyshire are being asked to give their views and help contribute towards improved health services.
More GP practice appointments than ever, data shows
GP practices in Derbyshire are providing tens of thousands more appointments for patients than five years ago, while patient satisfaction levels remain high, latest analysis has shown.
Derbyshire doctor’s part in global patient safety charter
Worldwide guidance on patient safety is being implemented – with the support of a former GP from Derbyshire.
Have your say on the future of fertility services in Derby and Derbyshire
People across Derby and Derbyshire are being invited to have their say over the way fertility treatments are provided in the East Midlands.
Blog: Safety and outcomes improve when patients access their own health records. This is why it matters.
By Dr Richard Fitton, retired Derbyshire GP and contributor to the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Charter I became interested in sharing records with patients during the 1980s while working in an inner-city practice – an area of moderate deprivation. Our patients died six or seven years earlier than patients who used the same health […]