Pages
Cardiac rehabilitation services
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/cardiac-rehabilitation-services
Plans approved for the development of Belper health services
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/plans-approved-development-belper-health-services
Keep up to date with innovations and emerging research to improve your practice
introducing KnowledgeShare - an online web-based current awareness system being offered by Derbyshire NHS Library and Knowledge Service.
Podiatric surgery
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/podiatric-surgery
NHS Board signs up to Smokefree Derby and Derbyshire pledge
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/nhs-board-signs-smokefree-derby-and-derbyshire-pledge
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024254 - SHO doctor shifts .pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to the number of SHO doctors shifts covered by physician associates at the Trust between December 2023 - May 2024.
Annual Leave Calculator for Medical Staff 2026-2027.xlsx
Annual Leave Calculator for Medical Staff 2026-2027
0020 - Personal History Profile for OPMH and LD
0020 Personal History Profile for use by OPMH or LD
L94 - Staying Steady - How to reduce your risk of falling
L94 - Staying Steady - How to reduce your risk of falling. Patient and carers information leaflet produced by Age UK (Feb 2022).
OPAT Elastomeric Infusor Devices Standard Operating Procedure for DCHS Community (S38)
This SOP describes the process for administering an IV antibiotic using an elastomeric infusor device supplied via Derby Teaching Hospital Pharmacy Dept (South) or Chesterfield Royal Hospital Pharmacy Dept (North
Wound photography Guidance (G196)
Wound photography Guide including consent
Mental Capacity Act (2005) Policy Helping People to Make Decisions (P38)
“The Mental Capacity Act, 2005 (the Act) provides the legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of individuals who lack the mental capacity to make particular decisions for themselves. Everyone working with and/or caring for an adult [aged 16 years and over] who may lack capacity to make specific decisions must comply with the Act when making decisions or acting for that person, when the person lacks the capacity to make a particular decision for themselves. The same rules apply whether the decisions are life-changing or everyday matters” (Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice 2007:15). The aim of this policy is to support compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 setting out the principles, practice and responsibilities of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust staff (DCHS staff) when caring for a person aged 16 years and over. The term person will be used to identify a patient/client/user of DCHS services and the Act will used to identify the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
2-Musculoskeletal Decision Making Tool Thinking about a Referral - KNEE.pdf
MSK Decision Making Tool - Knee
Appendix 11 - Adult Safeguarding Supervision Non-Case Discussion One to One - Group (P15)
Appendix 11 - Adult Safeguarding Supervision Non-Case Discussion One to One - Group (P15)
Tissue Viability Caseload Management Tool Kit Guidance (G213)
The overall aim of the Guidelines for the Tissue Viability Caseload Management Toolkit is to ensure that Tissue Viability Specialists manage their visits and patient caseloads in a standardised and auditable way across the whole of Tissue Viability Service. The covid19 pandemic has had a profound effect on how care and support for people is provided across all health and care settings thus this guidance has applied the learning from Covid19 to the review and development of the document