August 2011
We have some contracted weekend shifts available within...
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Devon Health Ltd
Devon Health news
June 2011
Two new health services have started in the county under...
Other services
Services for GP practices
Acute care GP service in Exeter and North Devon offering community-based GPs an alternative to hospital admission through a GP working in the acute hospital setting.
Study days providing cover for GP practices while they close for training sessions.
In hours message handling providing telephone cover for GP practices during lunch periods and afternoons.
Information on 999 patients not conveyed to hospital this information is provided to the patients’ GP practices so they’re informed about patients that may be struggling at home.
Services for Primary Care Organisations
Emergency department GP service based in Torbay Hospital.
Acute care GP service providing GP-led admissions avoidance scheme in Exeter and north Devon.
Dressing clinics enabling patients who are more mobile to attend hospitals for dressings changes and injections.
Physiotherapy appointments providing patient appointment services and other therapy appointment bookings.
Hospital discharge to the community arranging all district nurse visits after discharge from local hospitals.
Violent Patient Scheme providing an in-hours GP service for patients excluded from general medical practice.
Rapid Response service for adults experiencing a health and/or social care crisis which places them at risk of harm or inappropriate admission to hospital.
Emergency dental service provided on appointment-led basis for patients in pain.
Services for other organisations
Children’s hospice services at Little Bridge House and Charlton Farm
GP-led medical cover for community hospitals in Bridgwater and Williton in Somerset.
Occupational health services across Devon, Cornwall and the Scilly Isles.
Out-of-hours cover for Devon prisons and HM forces providing medical cover for the three Devon prisons out-of-hours, and out-of-hours medical cover for the Army, Navy and Air Force across Devon.