Description
What we doThe Trust is responsible for securing services for a population of 712,000 through commissioning (buying) and direct provision.
In practical terms this means:
- Working out what services are needed to help improve local peoples health;
- Providing some community services such as health promotion, community and children’s specialist services; and
- Commissioning services from other organisations e.g. GPs and hospitals.
Our main responsibilities are:
- to improve the health of the local population
- to provide community services, which means working with doctors, pharmacists, opticians and dentists
- to buy services from other providers
- to work closely with social services
We also offer a wide range of community health care, such as health visiting, school nursing, district nursing and community services for people with learning disabilities, as well as a range of therapies, such as physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy.
Services are directly provided through Community and Specialist Health Services and community hospitals. The Trust is responsible for the direct management of and employment of staff in 13 community hospitals and supports the use of the specialist skills of the general practitioners and community nurses in the area using the facilities available at those hospitals.
District nurses and health visitors directly managed and employed by the Trust are based in 97 general practices and a range of other premises.
Derbyshire Primary Care Trust complies with required governance arrangement through the Board and Professional Executive Committee.
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