Pages
Sustainability/Green Agenda
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/i-want-more-information-on/corporate-services/sustainabilitygreen-agenda
Parking at St Oswald’s and Long Eaton - April 2025
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/parking-st-oswalds-and-long-eaton-update
Improvement, Innovation and Effectiveness
Supporting colleagues to keep DCHS an outstanding place to work and recive care.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/improvement-innovation-effectiveness
Datix incident & risk reporting
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/i-want-more-information-on/clinical-care-quality-and-safeguarding/datix
Wound Clinic Service
Our wound clinic service was established in 2019 to provide a 7-day per week wound care service for the people of Derbyshire.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/wound-clinic-service
Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
Patient Group Directions - PGDs provide a legal framework that allows some registered health professionals to supply and/or administer a specified medicine(s) to a pre-defined group of patients, without them having to see a prescriber.
Files
Employee_Record_Summary_Template Additonal Guidance Jan 2025.docx
Additional guidance to assist with completing a summary sheet for employee records
Disclosure Ref 2025198 - Clinical systems contracts.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 2025198 relating to clinical systems contracts used throughout the trust
SOP Titration of Heart Failure Medication by Designated Nurses (S8)
This procedure has been developed to support trained designated nurses to alter the dosage of cornerstone therapies and loop diuretics for this specific group of patients
Standard Infection Prevention and Control Precautions Guidance (G283)
G283 - Standard Infection Prevention & Control Precautions Guidance (Section 5.5 in P69)
Disclosure Ref 2024231 - Carbon reduction contract and spend.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure regarding carbon reduction, Digital Strategy & printers
Think Delirium! Guideline for Managing Delirium (G59)
Think Delirium! Guideline for Managing Delirium
Manual Handling Operating Standards January 2022
Manual Handling Operating Standards January 2022, includes TILEO
Rapid Response Therapy MDT Log - A5 (G320)
Rapid Response Therapy MDT Log
Corporate Framework August 2025
Corporate Framework August 2025
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis Policy (P8)
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a leading cause of avoidable death in the UK. It is estimated that VTE causes in excess of 25,000 potentially preventable deaths per annum in UK hospitals – five times the estimated number of deaths each year from hospital-acquired infection. In the UK as a whole this figure is approximately 60,000 preventable deaths each year (DH, 2007). The implementation of evidence based guidelines first published by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2010 focussing on the prevention of VTE in hospitalised patients has been afforded a high priority by the Department of Health and commissioners. VTE risk assessment is a former national CQUIN indicator and is a National Quality Requirement in the NHS Standard Contract for 2019/20 (NHSE, 2019). It sets a threshold rate of 95% of adult inpatients being risk assessed for VTE on admission each month. This policy and the accompanying clinical documentation will enable clinicians to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with this VTE through screening patients admitted for day surgery or inpatient care and those attending Minor Injury Unit / Urgent Treatment Centres, educating patients and carers about preventative measures, initiating prophylactic treatment and recognising signs of VTE development.