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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
New Newsletter Launched by Practice Learning
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/new-newsletter-launched-practice-learning
Derbyshire NHS Trust’s annual public accountability meeting
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/derbyshire-nhs-trusts-annual-public-accountability-meeting-1
Carers’ Rights Day – Thursday 20 November
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/carers-rights-day-thursday-20-november
Logging compliments – new system
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/logging-compliments-new-system
#NHS75 – we need your help
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/nhs75-we-need-your-help
Wound Clinic Service
Our wound clinic service was established in 2019 to provide a 7-day per week wound care service for the people of Derbyshire.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/wound-clinic-service
Meet Barbara: Derbyshire’s oldest working nurse?
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/meet-barbara-derbyshires-oldest-working-nurse
Files
Interim Standard Operating procedure for delivering intravenous (IV) diuretics within a patient’s home (S106)
An Ambulatory Heart Failure (AHF) service has been delivered by DCHS, in partnership with UHDB, on a day case basis at the Royal Derby Hospital site since 2016. Treatment is given using Intravenous (IV) diuretics which can be given daily either following discharge from the acute hospital or referral from the community setting. The development of a Cardiology Virtual Ward has been discussed during 2022 which once implemented will see intravenous diuretics being administered to patients in their own home in addition to the existing AHF service. As an interim step and to support the transition away from hospital and to home delivery along with assisting University Hospitals Derby and Burton (UHDB) with current bed pressures; it has been proposed that one of 3 rooms currently used for AHF on CCU be converted back to a bedroom and a small number of patients receive their treatment at home instead. This will also help assess the process prior to commencing the virtual ward on a larger scale.
APPENDIX 11 – Investigation Report.docx
HRP24 Appendix 11 – Investigation Report
A2b - Eligibility for NHS Podiatry service (S107)
Eligibility for NHS Podiatry service
Appendix 1 – Application for Employment Break Form.docx
Appendix 1 – Application for Employment Break Form
Appendix 2 - Application for Work Experience .docx
Appendix 2 - Application for Work Experience
Annual Leave Calculator for GP's 2026-2027.xlsx
Annual Leave Calculator for GP's 2026-2027
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.
DCHS COVID-19 Staff Isolation Risk Assessment V9
DCHS COVID-19 Staff Isolation Risk Assessment V9
GD35 Employment Break Guide - Appendix 1 Application Form
GD25 Employment break guide application form
A2 - Advice for manual handling when working at low level (S96)
Advice for manual handling when working at low level