All this week Peak FM takes an in-depth look at hospitals, health services and care in Chesterfield and North Derbyshire

Health commissioners in Derbyshire have been tasked to make £51M in cuts by April this year in order to address a total deficit of £95M by next year*

With demand expected to be high this winter, we uncover the pressures facing the NHS round here and get the story from the doctors, nurses, health care workers and the people who rely on those services

You can hear our special news reports on Peak FM every day this week at 10am, 1pm and 6pm

Listen again by clicking on the audio features below and check out our findings on this page

*source: Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Groups

The Inside Story

• More than 500 people in Derbyshire went to A&E at least 10 times in just a year
• East Midlands Ambulance Service receives almost 1,000 calls in first seven hours of New Year’s Day
• Derbyshire's Air Ambulance service to operate 24/7 from New Year's Eve
• NHS commissioning groups in Derbyshire granted permission to merge
• Derbyshire NHS commissioners to cut funding for local voluntary support groups
• Health service cuts in Derbyshire ‘could create another Gosport’
• Council looks to ease winter pressures on social care

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