Pages
Carers’ Rights Day – Thursday 20 November
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/carers-rights-day-thursday-20-november
Occupational therapy
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/occupational-therapy
Training - Making inclusive decisions
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/training-making-inclusive-decisions
Files
Declaration-StaffNursingMH.pdf
Declaration-StaffNursingMH
HRP05 Close Personal Relationships at Work Policy.docx
HRP05 DCHS CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK POLICY
library-resource-catalogue-4th-edition-2020-21.pdf
Oral health promotion - Library resource catalogue 4th edition
1205 - Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - Designated Practitioners
1205 Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - DESIGNATED PRACTITIONERS
Hallux Limitus and Hallux Rigidus Care Pathway (G74)
G74 - Hallux Limitus and Hallux Rigidus Care Pathway
TPP097-0142 - Intravenous (IV) Medicines Administration via a Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) – Care Plan
TPP097-0142 - Intravenous (IV) Medicines Administration via a Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) – Care Plan
L223 - Managing Breathlessness Leaflet
L223 - Managing Breathlessness. A Respiratory Service patient information leaflet leaflet.
Development, Approval, Implementation and Review of Patient Group Directions (PGDS) Policy (P5)
The purpose of this policy is to set out a generic framework for a co-ordinated approach to the development and control of PGDs in use in Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) Trust. The policy contains a standard template for all locally developed PGDs. Using the framework and template should ensure that PGDs comply with the legislation and are reviewed and updated every 3 years or in response to updated guidance, stock availability, safety alerts or best practice.
Appendix 6 – SBAR Structured Communication Tool (P83)
Appendix 6 – SBAR Structured Communication Tool (P83)
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