Pages
Health leaders invite you to join their regular Board meeting
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/health-leaders-invite-you-join-their-regular-board-meeting
Baby Loss Awareness Week
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/baby-loss-awareness-week
The DCHS Admin People’s Charter 2024
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/dchs-admin-peoples-charter-2024
Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for www.dchs.nhs.uk
Community occupational therapy & physiotherapy
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/community-therapy
Community podiatry - Information about your appointment
DCHS community podiatry - service locations
Files
0020 - Personal History Profile for OPMH and LD
0020 Personal History Profile for use by OPMH or LD
1203 - Register of Persons Authorised to Witness the Destruction of Stock Controlled Drugs
1203 Register of Persons Authorised to Witness the Destruction of Stock Controlled Drugs
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
1060 - Anticipatory Medication (s.c.) Administration Chart and Stock Balance Sheet
OPAT Elastomeric Infusor Devices Standard Operating Procedure for DCHS Community (S38)
This SOP describes the process for administering an IV antibiotic using an elastomeric infusor device supplied via Derby Teaching Hospital Pharmacy Dept (South) or Chesterfield Royal Hospital Pharmacy Dept (North
Wound photography Guidance (G196)
Wound photography Guide including consent
Mental Capacity Act (2005) Policy Helping People to Make Decisions (P38)
“The Mental Capacity Act, 2005 (the Act) provides the legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of individuals who lack the mental capacity to make particular decisions for themselves. Everyone working with and/or caring for an adult [aged 16 years and over] who may lack capacity to make specific decisions must comply with the Act when making decisions or acting for that person, when the person lacks the capacity to make a particular decision for themselves. The same rules apply whether the decisions are life-changing or everyday matters” (Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice 2007:15). The aim of this policy is to support compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 setting out the principles, practice and responsibilities of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust staff (DCHS staff) when caring for a person aged 16 years and over. The term person will be used to identify a patient/client/user of DCHS services and the Act will used to identify the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
DCHS FINAL - Response Rate Breakdown by Directorate Report.xlsx
directorate final results
1Musculoskeletal Decision Making Tool Primary Care & Self Care - KNEE.pdf
MSK Decision Making Tool Primary & Self Care -knee
Self Assessment Toolkit - non leaders.pdf
Self assessment toolkit
Buxton Hospital Theatre Policy and Procedures (P95)
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) has a responsibility to put in place effective and appropriate policies and procedures to ensure that effective and appropriate safe care is delivered consistently across the organisation. Buxton Hospital theatre provides day surgery to the local community in liaison with Consultants from the surrounding acute hospitals and DCHS Podiatric Surgery teams. The surgical offer by surgical specialities at Buxton Hospital in its theatre aims to deliver individualised, safe, efficient, and effective patient focused care for all patients requiring minor and intermediate day case interventions. The surgical specialist service providers aims to reduce the disruption to patient’s lives by enabling patients living in the local community to access services closer to home. This policy provides an overview of the elements of the service which support staff in achieving the delivery of safe care to day case surgery patients in the Buxton Hospital theatre and facilities.