News Archives — Healthwatch Derbyshire

1 March 2021

GP Access Cards

Patient health and social care watchdog care Healthwatch Derbyshire is taking a lead role in ensuring that people across the county are registered with a local GP and do not miss their chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

28 January 2021

Think you need to go to A&E? Call NHS 111 first

The NHS is providing a new and more convenient way for you to access urgent care from the 1 December. Find out what this means for you and your loved ones.

25 January 2021

Derbyshire Covid-19 Vaccine Information and Updates

Derbyshire’s hospitals and GP practices have begun vaccinating priority patients and staff against COVID-19. Priority is based on age and existing health risks.

17 December 2020

Care Home Report: Sharing good practice and suggestions

Healthwatch Derbyshire gathered information to try to understand how the Covid 19 pandemic has affected the mental and physical wellbeing of care home residents (and their relatives) and what measures have been introduced to combat these problems.

5 November 2020

Experiences of Breastfeeding Support during COVID-19

Feedback collated as part of this campaign has been categorised into five key areas, Support Provided in Hospital, Virtual Support, Community Support, Weighing and Mental Health.

30 October 2020

Pressure is building on our services, says Derbyshire NHS

Health bosses in Derbyshire are alerting patients to growing pressures on NHS services, as the multiple impacts of the pandemic, winter pressures and continued service restoration converge.

28 October 2020

Experiences of Virtual Appointments during Covid-19

The ‘Experiences of Virtual Appointments During Covid-19’ report sets out the Healthwatch Derbyshire’s key findings regarding the experiences of Derbyshire County and City residents of remote appointments since the start of the pandemic.

13 October 2020

End of Life Care – Your Experience as a patient/carer/family member

Derby and Derbyshire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group want to identify what is important to dying people and their families/carers.

24 September 2020

How to look after yourself whilst working from home

We have put together some tips on how to look after yourself whilst working from home.

18 September 2020

COVID-19 Testing Information

Supply for COVID-19 tests is not currently meeting demand, these are things you can do to help.

20 July 2020

Have you left hospital during COVID-19? Tell us your experience

To respond to coronavirus, hospitals in Derbyshire had to quickly change. Tell us how this has affected the care you or your loved one has received.

9 July 2020

Alliance of local and national care organisations calls on East Midlands residents to give feedback to shape future care

Healthwatch and the CQC have teamed up to with other health and care partners to launch “Because We All Care”, calling on all people who access services to help shape future health and social care.

30 April 2020

New Urgent Dental Care Services for the East Midlands

People in need of the most urgent dental care can now access one of the 30 new urgent dental centres which are open in the East Midlands.

28 April 2020

Online hub launched to share Derbyshire’s NHS COVID-19 info

Derbyshire residents can get the latest NHS Covid-19 information while staying safe at home with the launch of a new online hub.

24 March 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coronavirus (COVID-19): response, news and updates.

9 March 2020

Thank You to Our Retiring Board Member Madeleine Fullerton

Madeleine Fullerton reitres as Healthwatch Derbyshire Board Member

29 February 2020

Healthwatch Derbyshire February E-bulletin

Catch-up on the latest Healthwatch Derbyshire News.

27 February 2020

EMAS takes on new patient transport services

EMAS provides non-emergency patient transport for patients who are registered with GPs in Derbyshire.

29 January 2020

Mystery shop exercise completed at Chesterfield Royal Hospital – January 2020 Update

This mystery shop was conducted following patient feedback about hospital appointment letters at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT.

22 January 2020

Hospitals need to do more to show patients how the NHS is learning from mistakes, says Sir Robert Francis QC

Analysis of publicly available documents suggests just 1 in 8 hospital trusts are compliant with statutory complaints regulations.

28 November 2019

NHS App

The new, simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

6 November 2019

Home Care Services

We are looking to hear from people who are receiving, or have received, homecare services within the last 12 months.

3 October 2019

Administration and Finance Support Vacancy

Healthwatch Derbyshire is recruiting for an Administration and Finance Assistant

30 September 2019

Spotlight on Carers/AGM Event

Healthwatch Derbyshire’s Spotlight on Carer’s event which includes our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 10th October 2019 at Belper Town Football Club.

5 June 2019

Healthwatch says thank you to volunteers who help to shape health and care in Derbyshire

This week is National Volunteers Week and a chance for everyone at Healthwatch Derbyshire to say a huge thank you to our marvellous volunteers.

31 May 2019

Healthwatch Derbyshire Intelligence Report May 2019

A summary of reports and actions that have been undertaken by Healthwatch Derbyshire.

13 May 2019

Autumn Grange Enter and View Visit Report

Purpose of the visit:  To enable Healthwatch Derbyshire ARs to see for themselves how the service is being provided in terms of quality of life and quality of care principles  To capture the views and experiences of residents, family members/friends and staff  To consider the practical experience of family/friends when visiting the service in terms of access, parking and other visitor facilities  To identify areas of resident satisfaction, good practice within the service and any areas felt to be in need of improvement.

1 April 2019

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