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HIV Confident pledge on stigma-free environment
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/hiv-confident-pledge-stigma-free-environment
I'd like to do business with DCHS
https://dchs.nhs.uk/join-us/do-business-us/procurement/id-do-business-dchs
January 2022 - Wellbeing calendar of events
Find out more about January's wellbeing offer for DCHS colleagues here; there's a whole month's calendar of events and support for all DCHS staff.
Occupational therapy
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/occupational-therapy
Contractor appointed to build new £15m health services hub for Belper
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/contractor-appointed-build-new-15m-health-services-hub-belper
Files
HRP20 Supporting and Maintaining Attendance Policy
DCHS SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING ATTENDANCE POLICY, includes managing sickness, sick leave and other special leave v1 May 2022
0382 - Hypoglycaemia - Treatment Algorithm - ONLY for use in outpatients
Hypoglycaemia - Treatment Algorithm - ONLY for use in outpatients
TPP144-0015 - Flowchart for Assessment of Pain in Patients
TPP144-0015 FLOW CHART FOR ASSESSMENT OF PAIN IN PATIENTS
1206 - Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - Authorised Staff Members
1206 Control Drugs Authorised Signatory Record Sheet - Authorised Staff Members
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made?
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made? This booklet covers: • Some things about the Mental Capacity Act (2005) • What a best interest decision means • What decision needed to be made about you • What was thought about to make the decision • What was decided
0165 - IPC Terminal Cleaning Schedule for Outpatient areas during COVID-19 (P69)
0165 - IPC Terminal Cleaning Schedule for Outpatient areas during COVID-19
Appendix 3 - Guide to levels of risk of negative health consequences from dysphagia (G14)
Appendix 3 - Guide to Levels of Risk of Negative Health Consequences from Dysphagia
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
L29 - UTC Advice leaflet - Why an X-Ray may not be indicated
L29 - UTC Advice leaflet - Why an X-Ray may not be indicated
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