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Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
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.
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
Industrial Action Update - Issued on 16 January 2023
Ahead of this week’s planned industrial action by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), we’ve developed an in-depth briefing which we hope colleagues will find useful. It also signposts to other helpful sources of information.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/industrial-action-update-16-january
A message from the Royal Voluntary Service
We are writing to you because you have previously referred people to the NHS Volunteer Responders (NHSVR) programme, to tell you about changes to the support available from our volunteers.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/message-royal-voluntary-service
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
Files
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 2025175 - Complaints received in 2024 that relate to maternity and obstetric care.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 2025175 relating to patient complaints received in calendar year 2024 that relate specifically to maternity and obstetric care
Disclosure Ref 2025214 - Presentations at Emergency Department(s) where the reason has been due to a chainsaw related incident.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to presentations at Emergency Department(s) where the reason has been due to a chainsaw related incident
Disclosure Ref 2025283 - Agency spend & clinical nurses and doctors.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure relating to agency spend breakdown (April 2025 –July 2025)
Disclosure Ref 2025334 - Complaints made about Health Visitors between 1 January 2023 and 29 August 2025.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to complaints made regarding Health Visitors between 1 January 2023 and 29 August 2025
Disclosure Ref 2025316 - Admissions where exposure to air pollution exposure.doc
Freedom of Information relating to patients that were admitted where exposure to air pollution (ICD‑10 code Z581) was recorded as a contributing factor, including the primary diagnoses for those admissions, and how many of those patients later died in hospital.
2CASCReadyReckonerTool.xlsx
Audit tool
HRP22 Preceptorship Policy.docx
DCHS Preceptorship (Multi-Professional) & Transitionary Policy