{"id":750064,"date":"2026-08-26T07:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750064\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T07:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:06:14","slug":"walk-in-hours-cut-at-four-derbyshire-nhs-urgent-treatment-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750064\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk-in hours cut at four Derbyshire NHS urgent treatment centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">NHS bosses have announced a reduction in walk-in opening hours at four urgent treatment centres (UTCs) in Derbyshire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From Monday, walk-ins will no longer be available between 17:00 BST and 20:00 at UTCs in Ripley, Ilkeston and Matlock, and will be appointment only via NHS 111. Walk-ins will also no longer be available in Buxton after 16:00.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Derbyshire Community Health Services said the changes were being introduced to &#8220;help manage increasing demand and ensure patients are assessed and directed to the most appropriate service&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Labour MP for Erewash, Adam Thompson, said he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; at the move and is seeking a meeting with health bosses to reinstate evening walk-in appointments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The news comes after Ilkeston UTC, based at the town&#8217;s community hospital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cm55krkejgmo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shut in June 2024<\/a> as &#8220;a short-term measure&#8221; during a shortage of staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It reopened soon after with appointments only and walk-ins were reintroduced in March 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHS bosses have announced a reduction in walk-in opening hours at four urgent treatment centres (UTCs) in Derbyshire.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-750064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}