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Welcome to Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT Document Library.

We produce a range of materials to support colleagues in delivering patient care and materials to help communicate trust initiatives. 

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Document Library    Clinical Documents and Literature    Guidelines
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DOCX file icon DCHS Inpatient Pharmacist Prescribing Framework (G317) Guidance
DOCX file icon Guidelines for Locality Managers and 0-19 Clinicians following notification of a child death (G318) Guidance
DOCX file icon Guide to ordering 3rd Line Formulary Products and 3rd line and Non Formulary Request Form (G325) Guidance
DOCX file icon Guidance for E-referrals via S1 to the Tissue Viability Service (G327) Guidance
DOCX file icon Adult Nutrition, Food and Hydration Guidelines For Community Patients (G319) Guidance
PDF file icon Decision-making pathway for compression therapy in patients with Heart Failure (G328) Guidance
DOCX file icon DCHS Diabetes Psychology Service Guidance – 1 Page Summary for Diabetes Service Staff (G330) Guidance
DOCX file icon Information for Diabetes Service Staff (G331) Guidance
DOCX file icon Neonatal Jaundice Guidelines (G267) Guidance
DOCX file icon NHSI National Stop the Pressure Guidance (G100) Guidance
PDF file icon Compression Hosiery Formulary Guideline (G214) Guidance
DOCX file icon ISHS Abbreviations (G239) Guidance
DOCX file icon Opportunistic Maggots Guidance (G274) Guidance
DOCX file icon Referral Pathway for all DCHS patients to Tissue Viability Services (G257) Guidance
DOCX file icon ENP Fracture Clinics Worked by Emergency Nurse Practitioners in UTC Guidelines (G9) Guidance
DOCX file icon Community Nursing Case Load Management Tool Kit (G60) Guidance
DOCX file icon Undertaking a trial without catheter in a community setting Guideline and protocol (G93) Guidance
DOC file icon Postural Care Guidelines for people with Complex Physical Disability (G182) Guidance
DOCX file icon Guidance For Community Staff Where Patients Require A Sharps Container (G334) Guidance
DOCX file icon Locked Box Pathway (G335) Guidance