Derbyshire Light Medical

14/11/2025

With the Met Office forecasting heavy rain for Derbyshire today and into the weekend, we're reminding people of who to contact in an emergency 📞

Take a moment to familiarise yourself - not all emergencies sit with the fire service.

Please stay safe, drive to arrive and only call 999 in an emergency.

12/11/2025

The Met Office has issued a weather warning with flooding possible in Derbyshire.
The warning is in place from 6am on Friday until 6am on Saturday.
The Met Office said: "Outbreaks of rain will develop through Thursday evening and night, becoming prolonged and heavy throughout Friday, before slowly easing into Saturday morning.
"Strong easterly winds will accompany this rain. Accumulations of 30-50 mm are expected quite widely, with some places receiving 60-80 mm, and potentially in excess of 100 mm over east-facing hills in southeast Wales.
"This, following recent wet weather, could lead to some surface water and river flooding impacts. Although some uncertainty exists in the areas of heaviest rainfall, impacts appear more probable across southeast Wales, the Midlands and parts of southern England."

12/11/2025

BEACON ALERT: MISSING VETERAN

Gareth Perkins, 46, has been reported missing, and there are serious concerns for his welfare.

He was last seen on Friday (7/11) in the Resolven area of South Wales. Although Gareth lives in Llandysul, it is believed he may still be in the Neath/Resolven area.

Gareth has a tattoo of a dragon on the side of his head, long grey hair, and a long beard, and he may be walking with a stick. He is usually seen wearing a camouflage jacket. His vehicle remains at home, and he is not believed to have access to other transport.

Anyone with information regarding Gareth’s whereabouts is asked to contact South Wales Police on 101/999 (reference number 2500356857.).

UPDATE - MISSING PERSON REPORT FROM SOUTH WALES POLICE:

Help Us Find | Gareth Perkins, 46, missing from , .
Gareth was last seen on Neath Road, Resolven on the night of Friday November 7.
He is known to frequent mountains around Resolven and Melincourt.
If you have seen Gareth, or have any information which will help us to find him, please contact us quoting ref: 2500356857.
💻 Online https://bit.ly/SWPProvideInfo
📞 101
Or phone Crimestoppers, anonymously on 0800 555111.

08/11/2025

As you all have probably noticed by our content on here

We have started to provide a falls service to the elderly because there is a definitive gap in healthcare between them pressing their lifeline button and help arriving

Traditional lifeline services are available that when an elderly or disabled user falls, the call centre will decide to either call a relative, send a lifting service or call 999.

If they do send their lifting service, and they lift the service user it’s all good, it’s another success story, back to the office for tea and medals, but if they can’t lift the service user, the service user now has a 4+ hour wait for an ambulance

We are looking at targeting that gap between the lifeline/lifting service saying no, and the 999 ambulance arriving

If we can manage this area. We will improve quality of life, reduce long lies, reduce unnecessary hospital stays and save the NHS money… but on top of this I want to return morality to healthcare and show the elderly that we will be there for them

And we do this in return for a donation if called to a private address

Here is a link to the falls section on our website

Call 0800 94 94 099 for 24-hour service team@derbyshirelightmedical.com

08/11/2025

Tonight we are providing medical cover for Eyam Bonfire

07/11/2025

We are running first aid courses for boxing coaches (£35) at our office in Chesterfield Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
6pm - 9pm
WhatsApp 07765361091 to book

06/11/2025

Falls team callout - 0839 - 06/11/2025

Bakewell

This morning we were called to a 70yo male who had fallen during the night, his carer had found him on the floor in the bedroom saying that he had been there for approximately 4 hours

The carer had been quoted 6 hours for an ambulance before calling us

We arrived on scene within 40 minutes, and assessed the patient for injury and other complications before lifting the patient into bed.

We advised the carer that the ambulance was still required due to the length of down time, but the patient is warm and comfortable back in bed

Total time on call 1hr 30mins

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DLM falls team - 0800 94 94 099
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05/11/2025

We are now running an extended skills for carers course

A one day course that covers the following

Oxygen therapy
Suction
Siezures and epilepsy
Allergic reactions and auto injector usage

Training is held at our training centre in Chesterfield

£100 per person

Email team@derbyshirelightmedical.com to book

04/11/2025

➡️ UPDATE - as of Wednesday 5 November 2025 at 6pm, we are still in Critical Incident, however we are in a much better position.

Operational performance has improved, with fewer ambulance waits and long waits in A&E.

Our Electronic Patient Record position is much improved, with more of the system up and running, and less reliance on business continuity plans.

During this Critical Incident, we have not cancelled any operations.

We will remain in Critical Incident overnight and will review again in the morning (Thursday 6 November).

Please continue to follow the advice on our website. We thank all of our staff who continue to work tirelessly during these extreme pressures.

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We have declared a Critical Incident due to sustained pressures across the Trust, in particular our Emergency Department.

Please only use our Emergency Department in a life-threatening accident or emergency, using other services such as GPs, NHS111 and pharmacies in all other cases. Those with planned appointments should continue to attend unless told otherwise.

For more information, click the link in the comments 👇

04/11/2025

Pink are category 1 arrivals, these are patients deemed immediately life threatening when the call was triaged.
This is a queue of ambulances stacking at hospital.
Think you’ll get seen quicker going by ambulance?
Your 4 hour intended wait time doesn’t start until you leave the ambulance by the way… some of these have been waiting on an ambulance for hours.
Is it the hospital’s fault? Not really. Is it the ambulance services fault? Maybe partly, very risk averse and send us to things they shouldn’t have to and then many clinicians are understandably deterred from alternative pathways due to lack of support from the trust - certainly where I work that’s not an unfounded fear.
GP’s not being 24/7 causes a lot of issues when the rest of the system is 24/7, it creates a bottle neck.
111 seem to share the same risk aversion we all do too

03/11/2025

Calling an ambulance doesn’t mean you’ll be seen quicker at hospital.

Some people call 999 for urgent – but not life-threatening – issues, thinking it’ll prioritise them for treatment at arrival to A&E. It won’t.

Ambulances are for emergencies. Using one when it’s not needed could delay life-saving care for someone else.

Please help us keep our ambulances available for those who truly need them.