FAQs

Yes! We have made a commitment, as part of our travel action plan, to include electric car charging points at both Kingsway Hospital and the Chesterfield Royal site.

Recruitment is well under way. Please visit our main Making Room for Dignity page for details of careers fairs and how to contact us. 

We are also gathering preferences from colleagues. We value our workforce and the incredible skills that we have in Team Derbyshire Healthcare, and want to ensure these skills are developed and utilised for everybody’s benefit.

The plans for the new mental health facilities include communal spaces for service users in which there will be vending machines and a pool table, as well as outdoor spaces with fitness equipment and sensory gardens. 

Yes!  All wards will have access to outdoor gym equipment and gardening therapy space. There will be communal areas for sport activities and also an indoor gym.

Using feedback from colleagues, we are looking to develop a number of walking routes throughout the Kingsway Hospital site for the benefit of our service users.

The PICU can be accessed from the adult acute male wards to enable a fast response, which is a separate entrance. There will also be a separate entrance into the seclusion room which can be used when admitting service users from Chesterfield facilities. 

Every new bathroom will have space for hoists and safety equipment. There will be the availability of level access showers, increased toilet space and an increase in the number of hi-lo beds.

The new units are purpose built to allow for better access in bedrooms and bathrooms, with plenty of space for movement. Each ward will have large equipment stores with plug sockets and additional storage for linen and PPE

While there will be no seclusion rooms on the Older Adult Wards in Northern Derbyshire, we are looking to include de-escalation suites and sensory rooms.

This is something we will work on with colleagues at the Hartington Unit and Chesterfield Royal Hospital, to agree a model which best suits the requirements of our staff and service users.

Prometheus is contracted to provide secure transport services, and EMAS for non-secure transport. There is no plan at this stage to change this, but it will be looked at and discussed to ascertain whether this service will still best suit requirements. 

At the moment the plan is to relocate only the wards from the Hartington Unit to the new building. We have retained 40% of existing space at the Hartington Unit which we intend to utilise for non-ward-based colleagues.

The ward space will become part of Chesterfield Royal Hospital for their use.

Space has been allocated in the new building for the Mental Health Act Team. We intend to work with the team to ensure the space is suitable.

The current plan is for the Crisis Team to remain at the Hartington Unit.

There will be a decrease in the number of parking spaces available. However, using the data from our traffic and parking surveys we are confident that we have capacity to absorb parking requirements for the new mental health facilities.

Due to safety issues, we cannot create any new exits or entrances to the site. However, we are increasing the width of our entrance into the main car park to allow for easier access.  We are also ensuring that all construction-related vehicles, not needed on site, are parked to the rear of the Kedleston Unit to avoid congestion within our car parks.

Yes, there will be no loss of car parking spaces at the Radbourne Unit.

We intend to provide a shuttle bus service running between the Radbourne Unit and Kingsway Hospital so colleagues have flexibility with parking.

No. Following consultation with colleagues, service users and carers, it has been decided to retain the name. 

We will look to colleagues to guide the project team on how best to provide therapy services across the Radbourne Unit and Kingsway Hospital, which best fits the needs of staff and service users. We do plan to increase staffing for a cross-site service.

This was initially considered, however wasn’t a viable option due to planning issues, capacity at Kingsway Hospital and funding constraints.

While there will be no seclusion rooms on the Older Adult Wards in Northern Derbyshire, we are looking to include de-escalation suites and sensory rooms.

This is something we will work on with colleagues at the Hartington Unit and Chesterfield Royal Hospital, to agree a model which best suits the requirements of our staff and service users.

Prometheus is contracted to provide secure transport services, and EMAS for non-secure transport. There is no plan at this stage to change this, but it will be looked at and discussed to ascertain whether this service will still best suit requirements. 

At the moment the plan is to relocate only the wards from the Hartington Unit to the new building. We have retained 40% of existing space at the Hartington Unit which we intend to utilise for non-ward-based colleagues.

The ward space will become part of Chesterfield Royal Hospital for their use.

Space has been allocated in the new building for the Mental Health Act Team. We intend to work with the team to ensure the space is suitable.

The current plan is for the Crisis Team to remain at the Hartington Unit.