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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 sustained pressure; patients asked to not store up care needs
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/derbyshire-health-and-care-system-remains-under-sustained-pressure
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
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Public invited to NHS health meeting in Derby
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/public-invited-nhs-health-meeting-derby
Community podiatry - Managing your condition at home
Helpful tips for patients, carers and clinicians to help people with self care
Finance and Procurement System Changes
The Trust’s current contract for the provision of financial services (i.e. finance and procurement) from NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is coming to an end on 31 March 2022.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/finance-and-procurement-system-changes
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
Files
Staffing for Quality Report - October 2023
Staffing for Quality Report - October 2023
Mental Health Act 1983 - Section 5(2) Doctors 72 Hour Holding Power Policy and Procedure (P105)
This policy provides guidance on the use of Section 5(2), doctors holding power and should be followed by the relevant doctors and approved clinicians working in Trust in-patient areas.
Disclosure Ref 202419 - Workplace Conduct 2020 to 2023.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 202419 regarding Workplace Conduct 2020 to 2023
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 202591 Patients deaths due to problem in care.pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure Ref 202591 relating to patients deaths due to problem in care
Disclosure Ref 202580 - Trust processes to reduce medication waste.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025/80 regarding medicine waste reduction including the value of medication that had to waste in the last 2 financial years (April 2023 - April 2025) and the what has been your total drug spend over these years
Disclosure Ref 2025163 - On framework agency expenditure 1st January 2024 to 31st March 2025.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025163 regarding On & Off Framework agency expenditure 01/01/2024 to 31/03/2025
A3 - Monitoring and audit tool (P81)
Monitoring and Audit Tool
Disclosure Ref 2025111- Doctors who work for the trust & complaints received regarding them.pdf
FOI disclosure ref 2025111 relating to complaints received about doctors under MHPS, broken down into ethnic groups, from 2021 to Dec 2024