Practice News

Derbyshire Dementia Information and Advice Service

🧠 Concerned about memory or dementia? Support is available 🧠

The Derbyshire Dementia Information and Advice Service offers free, confidential information and guidance for anyone who is:
✔️ Worried about their memory
✔️ Living with dementia
✔️ Supporting a family member or friend

👉 You do NOT need a formal diagnosis to access this service.

📞 Telephone: 01332 208845
🕘 Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm (excluding bank holidays)
📧 Email: derbyshire@alzheimers.org.uk
🌐 Website: dementiaderbyshire.org.uk

This service is provided by Alzheimer’s Society and is available to people across Derbyshire.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch or ask our reception team for more information 💙

🎄 Christmas & Boxing Day Pharmacy Opening Times 🎄

If you need medication or advice over the festive period, the following local pharmacies will be open:

📅 Christmas Day
• Tupton Pharmacy
Unit 2 Green Lane, Tupton, Chesterfield, S42 6BH
🕙 10:00 – 12:00

📅 Boxing Day
• Boots Pharmacy
Heath Road, Holmewood, Chesterfield, S42 5RB
🕙 10:00 – 12:00

• Day-Night Pharmacy
24 Town End, Bolsover, Chesterfield, S44 6DT
🕙 10:00 – 12:00

• Dronfield Healthcare Ltd
3 Windermere Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, S41 8DU
🕙 10:00 – 12:00

If you require urgent medical help when the surgery is closed, please contact NHS 111.

Wishing all our patients a safe and healthy festive season!

Christmas Opening Hours

Winter Newsletter 2025

Published on 25th Nov 2025

📢 Important Notice – Sharps Disposal

We kindly remind patients not to leave sharps or sharps boxes outside the surgery, even when returning them for disposal.

Recently, two sharpsguard boxes were left outside the building while we were closed, and one box was open. This is unsafe and poses a risk to staff, patients, and the public.

If you need to return a sharps box, please ensure it is fully closed and hand it directly to a member of our reception team during opening hours.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe.

NHS App Users – Have You Turned On Notifications?

🌟 Join Our Patient Participation Group (PPG)! 🌟

We’re looking for patients who want to help shape the future of our GP surgery.
By joining our PPG, you can:
✔ Share your ideas and feedback
✔ Help improve services for the whole community
✔ Support health projects and patient initiatives
✔ Work with staff to make a real difference

Whether you can attend occasional meetings or prefer to be involved online, your voice matters.

📢 Everyone is welcome – all ages and backgrounds!

If you’re interested in joining or would like more information, please contact us at:
📧 ddicb.admin.calbrim@nhs.net

Let’s work together to make our practice the best it can be. 💙

Today’s the Day! Macmillan Coffee Morning

We are a Research Practice!

At The Calow and Brimington Practice we are proud to be a research-active practice. Participating in clinical research and disease surveillance helps to develop new treatments and medicines for the future. There are different types of research that patients can take part in. If we invite you to take part in a study, please consider doing so. A recent survey found that most participants report a positive experience after taking part in research studies. Read more here:  https://www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/who-we-are/reports-and-performance/participant-in-research-experience-survey

How can you get involved?

We are regularly updated with upcoming studies, so ensure to stay up to date by checking the Research tab on our website, as well as our social media pages. More information on available studies can be found below:

Indigo | Computational Oncology Laboratory

Facebook Page

We have a new facebook page which we hope will keep patients reguarly updated with practice, local and national news.

https://www.facebook.com/TheCalowandBrimingtonPractice/?notif_id=1639664164484485&notif_t=page_fan&ref=notif