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Help us choose the colour scheme inside Belper’s new health centre
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/help-us-choose-colour-scheme-inside-belpers-new-health-centre
Work starts at Walton Hospital for one-stop-shop community diagnostic centre
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/work-starts-walton-hospital-one-stop-shop-community-diagnostic-centre
Tracy Allen to step down as chief executive of Derbyshire’s community NHS services
Tracy Allen has announced plans to step down as chief executive of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in September 2024, after 13 years in the role.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/tracy-allen-step-down-chief-executive-derbyshires-community-nhs-services
Bridging the healthcare access gap for people with disabilities
A NEW initiative to encourage more healthcare and/or non-clinical staff to take up sign language as an extra language and skill, is now available locally.
Quality Conversations Training
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/quality-conversations-training
Files
SAMA Template 19 Formal Capability Hearing Outcome Letter
Formal Capability Hearing Outcome Letter Template 19
Nail Surgery Protocol for Podiatrists (S72)
The purpose of this document is to provide an evidence based approach to the diagnosis and podiatric management of ingrown toenails.
Transcribing Medicines including Insulin for Patients in their Own Homes (Including Care Homes) and within the Short Breaks Service SOP (S29)
This procedure sets out how to record medicine administration, which will make use of transcribing as detailed in the above document.
Patient Manual Handling Policy (P76)
This policy describes how the Trust will comply and maintain compliance with the regulations. It will ensure that the Trust actively reduces the risk of injury from the moving and handling of patients and thereby reduce the incidence of patient injuries, and of musculoskeletal disorders within the staff population working in the clinical setting of the Trust.
DCHS COVID-19 Staff Isolation Risk Assessment V9
DCHS COVID-19 Staff Isolation Risk Assessment V9
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.
Employee Record Summary Template
Employee record summary template
APPENDIX 11 – Investigation Report.docx
HRP24 Appendix 11 – Investigation Report
A2b - Eligibility for NHS Podiatry service (S107)
Eligibility for NHS Podiatry service
Service Level Clinical Harms Standard Operating Procedure (S139)
This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS patient access and safe waiting policy which outlines the processes to be followed in order to deliver a consistent approach to. • Utilising a proactive method of risk stratification to minimise clinical harm as a result of delays in care. • Embedding systems which take into account health inequalities. • Monitoring waiting times against defined thresholds across pathways of care. • Delivering personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care. • Implementing Harm Reviews for the that support the Trusts governance and assurance processes and maintains practice in line with national expectations.