The Community Virtual Ward enables patients in Derbyshire to receive monitored clinical care at home, preventing unnecessary hospital stays and supporting earlier discharge.
Our team provides proactive, personalised support for each patient, ensuring they receive timely interventions, monitoring, and reviews tailored to their needs. We work closely with GPs, community nursing, therapy services, and other partner organisations to coordinate care and build on existing management or discharge plans.
Virtual wards enable patients to receive hospital-level care safely at home, combining face-to-face visits with technology for personalised support.
They offer an alternative to hospital admission or help patients leave hospital earlier, providing convenience and choice.
Our team provides home visits for treatment plans, medication management, and point-of-care testing, with remote digital monitoring once to three times daily.
Patients receive training on using a kit (pulse oximeter, blood pressure monitor, thermometer, tablet) and ongoing telephone support - including for those without digital monitoring.
We coordinate care with GPs and community teams across Derbyshire to prevent hospital admissions.
Open Monday-Sunday, 8am-6pm (including Bank Holidays).
If you’re enrolled on the Community Virtual Ward, call 0333 049 3110.
Our team will assess you during these hours, and the Out-of-Hours Service will assist at other times.
Information for Clinicians
Please ensure you read the information below prior to making a referral.
Our team of Advanced Practitioners, Assessment Nurses, and Healthcare Assistants provides home visits for treatment plans, medication management, and point-of-care testing.
Patients are monitored remotely once to three times daily using a home kit (pulse oximeter, blood pressure monitor, thermometer, tablet) with training and telephone support for all.
We work with GPs and community teams across Derbyshire to coordinate care, prevent hospital admissions, reduce readmissions, and support recovery and independence.
Referrals are triaged by clinical need, ensuring timely, personalised care and clear communication between services.
Registered with a Derbyshire GP
Able to give consent, or a “best interests” decision made on their behalf
Can use the devices, or has support from a carer/NOK (smartphone can be controlled remotely if needed)
Acutely unwell but suitable for home management, monitoring, and treatment
No new long-term oxygen requirement
Suitable for objective and subjective monitoring to help avoid emergency hospital admission
Requires emergency care or complex diagnostics only available in hospital
