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Butterley Ward is back at Ripley Hospital
Plans have been announced to bring Butterley Ward back to Ripley Hospital from its temporary base at Ilkeston Community Hospital after Easter, during the final week of April.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/date-announced-butterley-ward-move-back-ripley-hospital
Speech and language therapy service
Our therapists, practitioners, assistants and admin support workers work together to deliver high quality services for adults and children who have speech, language and communication difficulties; eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia). We work with adults and children, throughout Derbyshire and Derby City. More specifically: Derby City and Derbyshire County - Adults and Derby City and the southern half of Derbyshire County - Children.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/speech_language_therapy
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Industrial action – junior doctors strike (11-15 April)
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/industrial-action-junior-doctors-strike-11-15-april
Community podiatry - Managing your condition at home
Helpful tips for patients, carers and clinicians to help people with self care
Finance and Procurement System Changes
The Trust’s current contract for the provision of financial services (i.e. finance and procurement) from NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is coming to an end on 31 March 2022.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/finance-and-procurement-system-changes
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024246 - Temporary staffing expenditure and contacts.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure 2024246 relating to departmental managers responsible for on-framework agency usage
Homelessness Toolkit (P28)
Homelessness Toolkit
L353 - A Parent or Carer Guide to Disimpaction
A Parent or Carer Guide to Disimpaction
Disclosure Ref 2025111- Doctors who work for the trust & complaints received regarding them.pdf
FOI disclosure ref 2025111 relating to complaints received about doctors under MHPS, broken down into ethnic groups, from 2021 to Dec 2024
Appendix 14 – Suggested Tasks for Work Placements Work Experience Return to Practice.docx
Appendix 14 – Suggested Tasks for Work Placements Work Experience Return to Practice
Annual Leave Calculator 2026-2027
Annual Leave Calculator 2026-2027
Disclosure Ref 202580 - Trust processes to reduce medication waste.doc
Freedom of information request relating to medicines‑waste‑reduction policy, sustainability or environmental impact assessments carried out, and whether staff are specifically employed to manage medicines waste
Capture and Storage of Images Recording of Patients Clients Policy.docx
DCHS Capture and Storage of Images Policy - Photography is widely used within the Trust to take images of patients, staff and the public for a range of purposes. DCHS staff also make recordings, both visual and audio, of patients, staff and the public. This policy is in place to safeguard the privacy and dignity of the subject and to ensure all images and recordings are stored and used correctly according to Data Protection Legislation and the Caldicott Principles. The images and recordings can be in relation to patients, staff and the public.
PICO Top Tips (P11)
PICO Top Tips (P11)
1059 - Anticipatory EOL Prescription Sheet Palliative Care
1059 Palliative Care ‘Just in Case’ Anticipatory Prescription Information Sheet Patients aged 18 years & older