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District Nurse Interface – Request for Practice Input

District Nurse Interface – Request for Practice Input DDLMC has embarked on a piece of work focused on improving the interface between General Practice and District Nursing teams a...

Sep 5th, 2025 Read More

Committee

DDLMC Practice Support Programme

New Practice Support ProgrammeA new programme for practices needing extra support has been launched by Derby and Derbyshire Local Medical Committee (LMC).The programme will provide...

Jul 17th, 2025 Read More

General Topics

Derbyshire Medical Examiner -Information for the bereaved

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Jun 27th, 2025 Read More

General Topics

Information for patients about the weight loss drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro®)

Tirzepatide » Joined Up Care DerbyshireInformation for patients about the weight loss drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro®)Updated 19 June 2025This information is about how the weight loss ...

Jun 19th, 2025 Read More

Clinical

Patients Requesting Weight Loss Treatment

DDLMC are aware of frustrations practices experience when managing patients requesting support with weight loss. We are particularly aware of the need to clarify the plan for the r...

Jun 19th, 2025 Read More

Prescribing

Prescribing Request from Midwives

At Derby and Derbyshire Local Medical Committee (DDLMC) we have received a number of queries from practices questioning an increased level of prescription requests from midwife tea...

May 20th, 2025 Read More

Prescribing

Shared care prescribing principles - BMA guidance

The BMA have now published our Shared care prescribing principles. Shared care prescribing refers to medication which is initiated by a specialist and ongoing prescribing and monit...

May 8th, 2025 Read More