Pages
Open event spotlights Walton Hospital’s upcoming diagnostic service
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/open-event-spotlights-walton-hospitals-upcoming-diagnostic-service
Public invited to NHS health meeting in Derby
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/public-invited-nhs-health-meeting-derby
NHS Trust seeks people with a passion for healthcare to be their community’s voice
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/nhs-trust-seeks-people-passion-healthcare-be-their-communitys-voice
Diabetes Education Service
Understanding your Type 2 diabetes is important so you can learn how to control it and have the best quality of life possible.
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
October is AAC Awareness Month!
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/october-aac-awareness-month
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
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024246 - Temporary staffing expenditure and contacts.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure 2024246 relating to departmental managers responsible for on-framework agency usage
Homelessness Toolkit (P28)
Homelessness Toolkit
L353 - A Parent or Carer Guide to Disimpaction
A Parent or Carer Guide to Disimpaction
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
Appendix 14 – Suggested Tasks for Work Placements Work Experience Return to Practice.docx
Appendix 14 – Suggested Tasks for Work Placements Work Experience Return to Practice
Annual Leave Calculator 2026-2027
Annual Leave Calculator 2026-2027
0052 - Patient Referral Form for Admission to OPMH Services
0052 - Patient Referral Form for Admission to OPMH Services
SOP for IV Administration of Diuretics to Heart Failure Patients in DCHS North Community Hospitals and CRH Same Day ECU (S89)
The Aim of this SOP is to provide heart failure patients across Derbyshire access to IV drug treatments without the need for attendance at an acute hospital
Tissue Viability and Prosthetic Joint Infection Trigger Tool Guidelines (G54)
This trigger tool has been developed as part of Derbyshire Community Health Services’ commitment to improve patient care and health outcomes through the delivery of evidence based best practice.
Clinical Protocol for the Cleansing of Leg Ulcers (S25)
S25 - Clinical Protocol for the Cleansing of Leg Ulcers