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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
Have you got an NHS workforce story to tell?
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/have-you-got-nhs-workforce-story-tell
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Farming community invited back to Bakewell Agricultural Centre for health MOT Day
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/farming-community-invited-back-bakewell-agricultural-centre-health-mot-day
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.
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
Files
Appendix 3 Record of Meeting to Discuss DBS Disclosure.docx
Appendix 3 – Record of Meeting to Discuss DBS Disclosure
Disclosure Ref 2024213 - Reported incidences of poor airway January 2020 to 2023 .pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to the number of reported incidences from January 2020 to December 2023 within the Trust of patient harm or even death because of poor airway management.
Attaching a Teams file to an email.docx
Guide on how to attach a file on Teams to an email
Disclosure Ref 2025289 - Continence and stoma care agreement for sponsorship nurses.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to continence and stoma care agreement for sponsorship nurses
Disclosure Ref 2025282 - Total number of new diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease.doc
Freedom of information request relating to how many new Parkinson’s disease diagnoses were recorded by the Trust in each of the past four years
Disclosure Ref 2025193- Policies on employees having legal right to work in the UK.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to how the Trust ensures legal right‑to‑work compliance for employees and agency staff, who oversees these processes, and whether there have been any related audits, asylum‑seeker employment, visa‑related checks, terminations, or partnerships over the last three years.
Topical corticosteroid pathways for varicose eczema for non-medical prescribers (G201)
Topical corticosteroid pathway for varicose eczema for non-medical prescribers
L267 - Adult Sepsis Safety Net - Signs of Sepsis and what to do
L267 - Adult Sepsis Safety Net - Signs of Sepsis and what to do
Drug Fridge and Freezer Temperature Monitoring Procedure (S48)
A clear standard procedure to assist and enable ward/unit staff to comply with the Medicines Code requirement to routinely monitor, record and act on drug fridge and freezer temperatures thus ensuring that patients receive effective, correctly stored refrigerated products.
0316 Enhanced Observation Monitoring Form.docx
0316 Enhanced Observation Monitoring Form