Yet another celebrity chef has been recruited to front a Government campaign to improve hospital food after six patients died after eating bought-in NHS sandwiches and salads.
The number of deaths from drug poisonings has fallen in Chesterfield over the past five years – bucking a national trend which has seen them rise to the highest on record.
The death of a Derbyshire baby in a family with historic alcohol, sexual and substance abuse and neglect issues was “neither predictable nor preventable”, a hearing has concluded.
Essential maintenance work at Buxton’s Cavendish Hospital will see the heating and hot water taps turned off for eight weeks while repair works take place.
The worst areas for the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections across the UK have been revealed, with chlamydia and gonorrhoea the most commonly diagnosed.
Plans for Buxton’s new health hub are taking a ‘crucial’ step forward this week as those involved are meeting to produce a business case which should be finalised within the next few weeks.
Health leaders have hailed the success of an outreach clinic for High Peak cancer patients which is saving them lengthy trips to hospital in Manchester.
