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New ultrasound service at North Derbyshire’s Community Diagnostic Centre
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/new-ultrasound-service-north-derbyshires-community-diagnostic-centre
Hospital friends in Matlock mark 58 years of support for local health services
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/hospital-friends-matlock-mark-58-years-support-local-health-services
Quality Conversations Training
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/quality-conversations-training
My Download - 13 December 2021
Your weekly new update from DCHS
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/my-download-13-december-2021
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Delivering Same Sex Accommodation (P64)
Every patient has the right to receive high quality care that is safe, effective and respects their Privacy and Dignity. There are no exemptions from the need to provide high standards of privacy and dignity and this applies to all areas, including when admission is unplanned. This is one of the guiding principles of the NHS Constitution (2009) and at the core of local NHS visions. Derbyshire Community Health Trust ( DCHS) aim is that all patients who are admitted to any of our hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of the same sex, and same sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to their bed area. Sharing with members of the opposite sex should only happen by exception based on clinical need (for example where patients need specialist equipment), or when patients choose to share (for instance married couple who have been admitted together may want to share a side room). This Policy contributes to the achievement of CQC Outcome 4 – The patient will receive care, treatment and support in single sex accommodation wherever it is available. The aim is to ensure a clear and consistent approach is adopted across DCHS community hospitals by all ward managers.
L31 - Just in Case Box Anticipatory Medicine Pack
L31 - Just in Case Box Anticipatory Medicine Pack Leaflet
TPP178-0217 - Seizure Description Data
TPP178-0217 - Seizure Description Data
Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) Care Pathway (G78)
G78 - Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) Care Pathway
TPP227-0007 - National Early Warning Score Chart
TPP227-0007 - National Early Warning Score Chart
Recognition of Patient Deterioration (Adults) Policy (P83)
The aim of this policy is to set the minimum standard and frequency for monitoring and recording adult patients’ vital signs in their own home, Minor Injuries Units, outpatient podiatric surgery and community hospital wards. The mismanagement of deterioration is a common area of systemic failure in avoidable patient death across the NHS (NHS Improvement, 2016, Hogan et al, 2012) and poor communication is a leading cause of adverse events in healthcare. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) offers a common language to describe and communicate a patient’s acute illness severity by all healthcare professionals in all settings and is central to establishing a national pathway for improving the management of deterioration and sepsis (Inada-Kim and Nsutebu, 2018). This policy aims to increase survival among acutely unwell and deteriorating patients
What_happens_when_i_make_a_complaint.docx
DCHS - what happens if I make a complaint?
Advice for Patients Who are Self Isolating.pdf
DCHS Advice for patients who are self isolating
Appendix B - Mandatory Vaccination Record of Discussion Form.docx
Appendix B - Mandatory Vaccination Record of Discussion Form
Compassionate Conversations v10.pdf
Holding compassionate conversations with colleagues who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine