Find out how to access NHS services over the bank holiday
NHS Derby and Derbyshire is urging the public to plan ahead, stay safe, and to use NHS services wisely ahead of the Easter bank holiday in order to get the right care in the best place.
DHU Healthcare confirmed as the preferred provider for the Derby Urgent Treatment Centre
DHU Healthcare has been confirmed as the preferred provider for the Derby Urgent Treatment Centre service, following a procurement process led by NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board. Services at Derby Urgent Treatment Centre, which is next to the Florence Nightingale Hospital site on Osmaston Road, Derby, is currently provided by One Medicare. It […]
Derbyshire wins big at the 2024 Care Awards
Health Innovation East Midlands announced the winners of the 2024 Care Awards at an event in March.The winners, across six categories, were shining examples of care provided in Care Homes and in people’s homes across the region, and some of these remarkable awards recognised the services provided in Derbyshire:Care Home Support Team of the Year Award […]
Let’s celebrate the benefits of social prescribing on 14 March
The work of social prescribers in helping thousands of people in Derby and Derbyshire to improve their health and wellbeing is to be celebrated on national social prescribing day on 14 March. All GP practices have a social prescriber – who is there to support people through non-clinical ways, often by connecting them with local […]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
To support this year’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, taking place from Mon 18th March – Sun 24th, your JUCD Wellbeing team is sharing the latest targeted support available for colleagues with neurodiversity and/or long-term health conditions, disabilities, and hidden disabilities; helping to promote equality and inclusivity.
Tracy Allen to step down as chief executive of Derbyshire’s community NHS services
Under Tracy’s leadership, NHS community health services in Derbyshire have evolved, first as a standalone provider in 2011, to become an NHS trust and then an NHS foundation trust in 2014, achieving a CQC outstanding rating in 2019, which it has maintained over the past four years.
New provider of NHS dental services Bolsover area
Treeline Dental Care has been appointed by NHS Derby and Derbyshire as the new provider of NHS dental services in Bolsover.
National Salt week
This week marks National Salt Week, a time to raise awareness about the importance of appropriate salt consumption for a balanced diet.
Update on dental services in Bolsover – February 2024
NHS Derby and Derbyshire regrets that the planned reopening of a dental practice in Bolsover has been further delayed from the planned opening date of this Friday 1 March.A dental provider has been appointed to provide NHS services, using the premises of the former BUPA dentist at Market Place, Bolsover.However, the legal and contractual agreements […]
Get your blood pressure checked and beat “the silent killer”, urge NHS and local communities
People in Derby aged over 40 – particularly those at higher risk of cardiovascular disease – are being urged to get their blood pressure checked at their local pharmacy.