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Virtual ward helps Derbyshire patients stay at home for Christmas and New Year
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/virtual-ward-helps-derbyshire-patients-stay-home-christmas-and-new-year
Family invitation to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in Derbyshire
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/family-invitation-celebrate-world-breastfeeding-week-derbyshire
Staff networks for equality diversity and inclusion
The LGBT+ staff network, BAME staff network, disability and long term conditions DLTC staff network and armed forces staff network
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/staff-networks
Charitable Funds restructure
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/charitable-funds-restructure
Files
NHSI National Stop the Pressure Guidance (G100)
G100 - NHSI National Stop the Pressure Guidance
Undertaking a trial without catheter in a community setting Guideline and protocol (G93)
A trial without catheter (TWOC) is an essential part of the community nurse role. This routine procedure supports patients to remain within their own homes to receive health care. The Royal Marsden Manual Online of Clinical Nursing Procedures (2018) offers nursing guidance for urinary catheter removal but does not provide guidance for staff on how to undertake a TWOC safely at home or in a community hospital. This Guideline and protocol aims to provide evidence based recommendations to enable a trial without catheter to be undertaken in a community hospital or patients own home by a qualified competent practitioner.
Protocol for the Supply of Emollient Cream (S91)
Protocol for the supply of emollient cream Epimax Original Cream, Epimax Isomol Gel, Epimax Ointment, Epimax Paraffin Free Ointment, AproDerm Colloidal Oat Cream Packs supplied under this protocol must be GSL packs
DCHS Mandatory training overview (V0.1) May 2022
Mandatory training overview (V0.1) May 2022
L75 - Deviated Toes Closing Wedge Osteotomy
L75 - Deviated Toes Closing Wedge Osteotomy. Podiatric Surgery patient information leaflet.
Health Visitor to School Nurse Transfer Guidelines (G250)
This guidance document outlines the minimum standard expected of Specialist Community Public Health Nurses - School Nurses and Health Visitors - when transferring records prior to a child commencing in full time education. It outlines the goals of the transfer process and the roles that each professional concerned plays within that process. This document supports a commitment to evidence-based care. It is expected that Specialist Community Public Health Nurses employed by DCHS exercise professional judgement and have clear, documented evidence of the rationale for their decision making if they feel that it is not in the family’s or child’s interest to follow the SOP or policy has not been followed. It is also expected that Specialist Community Public Health Nurses exercise sound professional judgement (following their assessment) in deciding whether a client/family should receive additional support and intervention. This Standard Operating Procedure should be used in conjunction with other DCHS Childrens and DCHS Trust policies along with The NMC Code.
QPC ToR March 2024
QPC ToR March 2024
A9 Home Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring Protocol (S109)
Home Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring Protocol
Podiatry Service Wound Care Health Care Assistant (HCA) Protocol (S114)
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the delegation of podiatry care to a Wound Care HCA.
A guide to what to do when someone has died (G316)
G316 - A guide to what to do when someone has died