- People working at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have given the organisation a resounding thumbs up in its most recent annual NHS National Staff Survey. Nearly three quarters of staff at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said they would recommend the Trust a place to work. The survey also showed that 72% of staff said they would recommend the Trust’s services to a friend or relative if they needed care. The Trust received the highest score nationally in like trusts for being safe and healthy, working flexibly and overall staff morale. In each of the seven areas, the Trust scored higher than the national average of other trusts that provide similar services.
- In June 2022, Derbyshire Healthcare colleague Simon Rose received the prestigious President’s Medal from the Royal College of Psychiatrists for his efforts to promote patient involvement in mental healthcare and psychiatry.
- Derbyshire Healthcare has been formally recognised as ‘Veteran Aware’ by the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA), a group of NHS healthcare providers in England committed to providing the best standards of care for the Armed Forces community, based on the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant.
- A team of specialist vaccination staff at Derbyshire Healthcare have been recognised for providing a bespoke Covid vaccination service for people with severe mental illness, learning disabilities or autism, by being named as a regional winner at the 2022 NHS Parliamentary Awards.
- Derbyshire Healthcare have been shortlisted for national award for ‘Best Employee Experience Initiative’ at the CIPD People’s Management Award 2022.
- Dedicated Derbyshire Healthcare mental health support worker, Clare Exton, chosen as one of the ‘Women of the Year’ in recognition of her services to healthcare and the NHS.
- Ifti Majid, Chief Executive at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has been named on a list of 20 people and organisations who “could and should” exert influence over national health policy over the forthcoming year.
- Ifti has been elected as the chair of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network and will promote excellence in mental health services, with an aim to influence national policy development to encourage best practice and innovation across the sector.
- Ade has taken on the role of chair for the NHS Providers’ Chief Operating Officers Network, to shape and influence the way the NHS operates as well as provide support and guidance for members.
- Team Derbyshire Healthcare HEARTS (Honouring Exceptional and Really Terrific Staff) Awards - aim to highlight the amazing kindness and compassion shown by colleagues over the last 12 months, to service users and each other.
- On 6 April 2020, Derbyshire Healthcare set up the Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline and Support Service, a free, 24-hour helpline offering support to those with mental health issues in Derbyshire. The support line was initially launched on as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in recognition that the pandemic was going to have an impact on people’s health and wellbeing and has been supporting people across the county ever since.
- Derbyshire Healthcare Chief Executive Ifti Majid has been named one of the 50 most influential BAME people in health in the UK, alongside the Chief Executive of Health Education England Dr Navina Evans – and Manchester Utd footballer Marcus Rashford.
- A partnership including our Children’s Continence Service has been shortlisted for three Nursing Times awards.
