Healthcare in Derbyshire is now the responsibility of three Clinical Commissioning Groups covering North Derbyshire, Southern Derbyshire and Tameside and Glossop.
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History
From 1947 to 1974 NHS services in Derbyshire (apart from those for Glossop and Buxton) were managed by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board. In 1974 the Boards were abolished and replaced by Regional Health Authorities. Derbyshire came under the Trent RHA. Regions were reorganised in 1996 and Derbyshire came under the West Midlands Regional Health Authority. From 1974 there was an Area health authority covering the county. From 1982 there were two District Authorities, North and South. Eight Primary care trusts were established in the county in 2002: Central Derby, Greater Derby, High Peak and Dales, Erewash, Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire, North Eastern Derbyshire, Amber Valley and Chesterfield. They were merged into two: Derby City and Derbyshire County in 2006. They were managed by the Trent Strategic health authority which was merged into NHS East Midlands in 2006.
In March 2016 Gary Thompson, the Chief Officer of Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group was appointed the leader of the Derbyshire Sustainability and transformation plan footprint.
Commissioning
Glossop has always been included in Greater Manchester as far as the NHS is concerned. Services for that area are commissioned by NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group.
Primary care
There are 36 practices in North Derbyshire CCG.
Out-of-hours services are provided in the county by Derbyshire Health United
Acute services
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are located in the county. Services for Glossop and Buxton are largely provided by Manchester hospitals.
Mental health
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Community services
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust announced plans to merge with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in November 2016.
Cavendish Hospital in Buxton is partly run by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. There are 16 community hospital beds and ten older people’s mental health beds.