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Tracy Allen to step down as chief executive of Derbyshire’s community NHS services
Tracy Allen has announced plans to step down as chief executive of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in September 2024, after 13 years in the role.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/tracy-allen-step-down-chief-executive-derbyshires-community-nhs-services
Service road closure at Walton Hospital this Saturday morning
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/service-road-closure-walton-hospital-saturday-morning
Quality Conversations Training
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/quality-conversations-training
Infection prevention & control
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/infection-prevention-and-control
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Recognition of Patient Deterioration (Adults) Policy (P83)
The aim of this policy is to set the minimum standard and frequency for monitoring and recording adult patients’ vital signs in their own home, Minor Injuries Units, outpatient podiatric surgery and community hospital wards. The mismanagement of deterioration is a common area of systemic failure in avoidable patient death across the NHS (NHS Improvement, 2016, Hogan et al, 2012) and poor communication is a leading cause of adverse events in healthcare. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) offers a common language to describe and communicate a patient’s acute illness severity by all healthcare professionals in all settings and is central to establishing a national pathway for improving the management of deterioration and sepsis (Inada-Kim and Nsutebu, 2018). This policy aims to increase survival among acutely unwell and deteriorating patients
What_happens_when_i_make_a_complaint.docx
DCHS - what happens if I make a complaint?
Advice for Patients Who are Self Isolating.pdf
DCHS Advice for patients who are self isolating
Appendix B - Mandatory Vaccination Record of Discussion Form.docx
Appendix B - Mandatory Vaccination Record of Discussion Form
Consultation.pptx
DCHS Mileage consultation - presentation
SOP 4 Procedure for decontaminating instruments at the end of the day (P16)
SOP 4 Procedure for decontaminating instruments at the end of the day (P16)
L84 - What is a Venous Leg Ulcer Leaflet
L84 - What is a Venous Leg Ulcer Leaflet
Organisational, Individual and Committee Responsibilities for IP and C Guidelines (G279)
G279 - Organisational, Individual and Committee Responsibilities for IP&C Guidelines (Section 5.2 in P69)
Operating Standard PPE Jan21
Operating Standard PPE Jan21
COVID-19 and Respiratory Illnesses Guideline and Procedure (Section 6.17) (G278)
COVID-19 & Respiratory Illnesses Guideline and Procedure