Health Care for the Future

MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS - There has been a very public national debate about the future of the NHS, and Derbyshire, like everywhere else, is faced with major challenges to find better ways of delivering health care | Read On...

Pharmacy Openings

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Patients Urged to Take Advantage of Summary Care Records

PATIENTS in the Ilkeston area needing emergency care, help when their GP practice is closed, or when they are away from home will soon be able to ensure that essential information about their health is accessed more quickly by doctors and nurses | Read On | More About Summary Care Records

NHS 111 - When It's Less Urgent Than 999

NHS 111 - a new telephone service to make it easier to access local health services urgently – is now available across the north of the county. NHS 111 will replace the existing NHS Direct number and sit alongside the established 999 emergency ambulance number.

111 is the telephone number to use when it's less urgent than 999.

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When patients call 111 they will be assessed, given advice and directed straightaway to the local service that can help them best – that could be an out-of-hours doctor, walk-in centre, community nurse, emergency dentist or late opening chemist. NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and calls from landlines and mobile phones are free. It will be available in Derby from the end of March and the rest of the county at the end of August. TalkType users can also access NHS111 on 1800111

Derby City Health Needs Assessment

Follow the link and choose the box marked Derby City Health Needs Assessment- please give your views on the health needs of people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disability.