11th May 2022
Derbyshire Dialogue - our next Derbyshire Dialogue is taking place on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 27 April 2022 1.00 – 2.00pm. The focus of this session will be on the current elective care waiting list position, the work being done to ensure patients are receiving diagnosis and treatment as quickly as possible and how we are keeping patients updated during the time they are waiting. We will also feedback on how we monitor the performance across the elective care programme and how we are starting to look at inequalities across the population in Derbyshire in relation to the waiting list positions. We’d really like this to be an interactive session and to have a quality conversation with you, listen to your thoughts and ideas about the approach, and explore the different ways in which you can be involved or ideas you have for us to develop the Planned Care programme. We are especially keen to hear how you feel we need to keep patients informed and how we can help you to manage your symptoms whilst you wait.
The speaker will be Sharon Martin – JUCD Planned Care Senior Responsible Officer/Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals Derby and Burton.
To book your free place at this session please click here: Planned Care Derbyshire Dialogue. To find out about more ways to get involved please take a look at the Joined Up Care Derbyshire website, Get Involved area: https://derbyshireinvolvement.co.uk/derbyshiredialogue. If you have any questions about this Derbyshire Dialogue please do not hesitate to contact us on ddccg.derbyshiredialogue@nhs.net. Please feel free to share this invite with any colleagues or groups you think may be interested in joining us. As ever the session will be recorded for those who are unable to attend.
Public Health Advisory Service - Derbyshire County Council’s Public Health Team currently commissions the Public Health Advisory Service. The free service, delivered by Citizens Advice, hosts advice sessions in GP practices as well as other venues. It provides Derbyshire residents with support on a range of issues including debt, housing, employment, welfare benefits and income maximisation. People can self-refer into the service or can be referred in through another organisation. They are looking to build on the success of the current project and want to hear from people in Derbyshire who use the service, and those who don’t currently use it. As part of this they are carrying out a consultation from Monday 11th April 2022 to Sunday 1st May 2022. The results of the survey will help inform, and improve, the advisory service moving forward. Please feel free to forward the link onto anyone you think might be interested in sharing their opinion. To take part in the survey, click here http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/publichealthadvisoryservice or for more information please email Jane.Sheppard@derbyshire.gov.uk
Focus group to improve information given to patients when they go home from the A&E Department – this is a focus group led by Royal Derby Hospital Emergency Dept Doctors. The aim is to improve information given to patients when they go home from the A&E Department. They are wanting to hear experiences from patients and their relatives/carers when they were discharged.
The virtual event is being held on Thursday 26th May 2pm - 3pm via MS Teams. See flyer above for how to book on the focus group, and who to contact if you have any questions.