CRH Community Nursing CareWe are a team of specialist children’s community nurses who care for children and their families within their community, who have long-term complex health needs, often palliative.

We as nurses provide clinical assessments, treatments and support.  We also educate and train families and carers on specific subjects including diagnosis and clinical procedures.

We are all children's trained nurses with a variety of additional training. We have a skill mix within the team (we all hold a core caseload of children with complex health needs) however each nurse has her own specialist role for example oncology, respiratory, rheumatology, cardiology, endocrinology and complex bowel and bladder conditions.

We offer specialist advice and support to young people and their families. Continuity of care for their time within children's services and transitions into adult services.

We provide training to family and health professionals and liaise with multiagency teams around the child.

We also provide a 24-hour on-call service every day of the year for young people within the service.

The team is based at The Den, but we work in a variety of community settings across North Derbyshire including:

  • Mainstream schools and nurseries
  • Special school settings 
  • Families homes
  • Link carers
  • Short break provision
  • Or any other community setting depending on the child and their family’s needs.

We work in collaboration with the young person, the family and the professionals involved in that child's care.

We offer nursing care, specialist advice and support to children, young people, and their families.

The child or young person must have a nursing need to be eligible to receive our service.

We aim to be an advocate for the child / young person. We will refer / signpost to other services as appropriate.

We work from 9am until 5pm from Monday to Friday.

Children’s Community Nurses support children, young people and their families, between the ages of 0-18 years old (19 years if the child attends a special school placement). The child or young person must meet the criteria of complex health needs and be registered with a North Derbyshire GP (excluding Glossop).

We work in collaboration with the child, young person, the family and the professionals involved in that child's care. We aim to provide holistic, family-centred care.

We provide a 24-hour on-call service to children and young people that are receiving end of life care.

In conjunction with the Derbyshire Children’s Community Nursing Training Team (DCCNT), we provide training to family and health professionals and liaise with multiagency teams around the child.

We accept referrals from families, GP’s, and other health professionals if the child's legal guardian has given permission/consent.

Please contact us for a referral form.

Referrals can be emailed to: CRHFT.ChildrensCommunityNursingTeam@nhs.net

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Service contact details

Children's Community Nursing Team
Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Telephone: 01246 514563

Derbyshire Children's Community Clinics

The Den,
Chesterfield Royal Hospital,
Calow,
Chesterfield,
Derbyshire,
S44 5BL

Bolsover Clinic,
1B Welbeck Road,
Bolsover,
S44 6BL

Clay Cross Clinic,
High Street,
Clay Cross,
S45 9EE

Shirebrook Health Centre,
17 Patchwork Row,
Mansfield,
NG20 8AJ

Stubbly Medical Centre.
7 Stubley Drive.
Dronfield,
S18 8QY

Whitworth Hospital,
330 Bakewell Road,
Matlock,
DE4 3JD