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Mrs
Mary
Deville
Health
Visitors
are
trained
in
nursing
midwifery
and
public
health
and
deal
with
the
health
of the
whole
family
particularly
in the
children's
early
years.
They
make an
initial
contact
during
the
ante-natal
period
and
then
take
over
from
the
midwives
in the
early
post-natal
period
providing
ongoing
advice
and
support.
Health
Visitors
run
parenting
group
sessions
and
child
health
clinics,
and
carry
out
development
checks
and
hearing
tests
in
pre-school
children.
Mary is
also
involved
in the
stop
smoking
programme
and
immunisation
promotion,
and has
further
training
in
counselling
to help
mothers
with
post-natal
depression.
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The
Health
Visitor
can
be
contacted
on
Ashbourne
343541
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Laura
Bestwick |
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The
Derbyshire
Dales
Midwifery
Team
provides
ante-natal
care
at
clinics
in
the
Health
Centre,
and
post-natal
care
in
the
patient's
home.
Most
births
take
place
at
Derby
City
Hospital,
but
home
births
are
supported
by
the
Team
where
appropriate.
Midwives
are
also
available
to
give
feeding
advice,
lead
Parentcraft
classes
and
aqua-natal
exercises. |
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The
Community
Midwives
can
be
contacted
on
01773
525085
(9am
to
10am)
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Sister
Karen
Johnson
and her
colleagues
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The
District
Nurses
primarily
visit
those
patients
who
cannot
get
into
the
surgery.
They
are
a
multiskilled
team
and
are
able
to
carry
out
most
nursing
duties,
for
example
taking
blood,
ear
syringing,
dressings,
catheter
care,
and
palliative
care
for
those
who
are
terminally
ill,
and
drug
administration.
They
also
specialise
in
continence
and
leg
ulcer
management. |
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Karen
Johnson
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The
District
Nurses
can
be
contacted
on
01332
366717
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Alison
Muir
is
a
PCT
employed
pharmacist;
her
role
involves
advising
the
Clinical
and
dispensary
staff
on
issues
surrounding
the
prescribing
of
drugs
and
other
medications. |
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