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Babington Hospital
Babington Hospital offers the following DCHS services: community therapy, physiotherapy and children's services.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/our-locations/community-hospitals/babington-hospital
End of Life - Directory of Services
Information hub for all clinicians, carers and family members, signposting to end of life support and resources available throughout Derbyshire.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/eol-directory-services
NHS Help Us, Help You campaign to help people get NHS advice quickly
NHS Help Us, Help You campaign to help people get NHS advice quickly
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/nhs-help-us-help-you-campaign-help-people-get-nhs-advice-quickly
DCHS SIM-swap project – important information for laptop users
DCHS SIM-swap project - 5 weeks to swap out over 2,500 laptops. Mostly laptops that are used by mobile workers (ie clinicians that go in to patients homes).
Walton Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/our-locations/community-hospitals/walton-hospital
Files
Self Administration of Medicines Procedure (S28)
The aim of this procedure is to advise ward staff in the community hospitals of the process to be taken in supporting appropriate patients to self-administer their own medicines whilst an inpatient in a DCHS hospital.
Medical Devices Policy (P27)
The aim of this document is to outline a standardised approach to purchasing, deployment, maintenance, repair and disposal of medical devices within the Trust and the services commissioned by the Trust. The purpose of this policy is to provide the means of ensuring that all acquisitions of items of medical equipment are made only after consideration and approval by the relevant management groups and in accordance with the procedures detailed within this policy and with all related DCHS policies, European Union (EU) public procurement rules, advice from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and statutory requirements.
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
1 year review Guidelines – 0-19 Children’s Services (G208)
This Best Practice Guideline give clear guidance on the minimum standard expected of Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (Health Visitors) when delivering a 1-year review. It outlines the goal and essential components of the 1-year review offered to all families in Derbyshire when their baby is 9-12 months old. This document also supports a commitment to ensure evidence-based tools and training are embedded within practice, supporting the national commissioning for outcomes recommendations, and offering assurance that the service is focused on personalised and needs based care.
2022 10 06 Board Pack.pdf
October 2022 - Trust Board Meeting Pack
JUCD Leadership Orientation Managers Checklist (v1).docx
JUCD new managers local orientation checklist (V1) uploaded Mar23. For all new leaders/managers in DCHS to complete
Clinical Harms Review Additional detail for Service Level SOP - Community Podiatry Service (S113)
This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS Standard Operating procedure on Clinical Harms which outlines the processes to be followed in order to deliver a consistent approach to: • Utilising a proactive method of risk stratification to minimise clinical harm as a result of delays in care. • Embedding systems which consider health inequalities. • Monitoring waiting times against defined thresholds across pathways of care. • Delivering personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care. • Implementing Harm Reviews for the that support the Trusts governance and assurance processes and maintains practice in line with national expectations.
Patient Access and Safe Waiting Policy (P108)
This policy provides guidance for staff to ensure all patients who require access to all clinical services provided by Derbyshire Community Health Services are managed consistently, according to national and local frameworks and definitions. This policy describes the structure of the access route for patients and generic rules which apply across all Divisions across the Trust as well as actions that should be taken to ensure patients are kept safe while they wait. Successful implementation of this policy will also provide assurance that the Trust understands the risks that waiting for treatment can pose to patients and is taking steps to mitigate against these risks.
Corporate Framework October 2023
Corporate Framework 2023
Long Term Segregation Policy (P86)
This policy aims to provide clear guidance on the use of long term segregation, (please note the use of seclusion is covered in DCHS trust policy – (Management, Prevention and reduction of violence and aggression including physical restraint and seclusion). To ensure restrictive interventions remain proportionate, least restrictive, take account of patient preference where possible, and last for no longer than is necessary. The policy sets clinical standards to ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent Code of Practice 2015 alongside NICE guidance NG10. To ensure robust governance arrangements that are transparent in their nature. To support the trusts ambition of reducing the use of restrictive practices. The policy aims to ensure the specific needs of all patients are met in a fair and equitable way.