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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
How quality makes a difference to you in DCHS
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/how-quality-makes-difference-you-dchs
Queens Nurse Awards 2022 - applications opening soon!
Our DCHS group of Queen's Nurses is growing fast, and we encourage you to apply. Information and details for the 2022 applications will be available on the Queen's Nursing institute website from March 2022.
Derbyshire health and care system remains under pressure; patients continue to be asked to not store up care needs
Update as of 17:00hrs - 22 December 2022
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
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024138 - Agency Doctors in EMD Jan - Mar 24.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2024138 - Agency Doctors in EMD Jan - Mar 24
L336 - What Matters To Me
What Matters To Me (L336)
Disclosure Ref 202576 - Paper Medical Records including storage and archiving .pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure reference 202576 relating to paper medical records including storage and archiving of these
Disclosure Ref 2024187 - Complaints of discrimination reported in 2021 to 2023.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 2024187 relating to complaints of discrimination reported in 2021 to 2023
Disclosure Ref 2025227 - Contract for social media management and listening tools.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to contract for social media management and listening tools
Disclosure Ref 2025228 - Agency spend and peer mentors or similar roles employed .docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to agency spend and peer mentors or similar roles employed
Disclosure Ref 2025292 - Automatic door maintenance contract.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to automatic door maintenance contract
Disclosure Ref 2025322 - Volume & spend on interpreting services (face‑to‑face, telephone, video, and BSL).doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the volume and spend on interpreting services (face‑to‑face, telephone, video, and BSL), the top languages requested, and details of any interpreting service contracts
1237 - Approval form for Heart Failure Nurse who is not a prescriber to alter medication doses
1237 - Approval form for Heart Failure Nurse who is not a prescriber to alter medication doses
Sudbury Prison Patients referred to DCHS Outpatient Therapy, MSK & Podiatry Services (S69)
When patients from Sudbury Prison are referred from secondary care to Out Patient therapy, MSK or Podiatry, for example post-operative patients, they occasionally require a chaperone. Sudbury prison is a category D prison. Some prisoners will need one officer to accompany them whilst on probation. Prisoners may be able to attend appointments alone in line with prison risk assessment. Prisoners requiring two officers should not be seen in the department as advised by Head of Security at Sudbury Prison