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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.
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
Let’s Chat 2023 campaign launch – don’t miss your chance to get involved
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/lets-chat-2023-campaign-launch
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
How quality makes a difference to you in DCHS
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/how-quality-makes-difference-you-dchs
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Finance and Procurement System Changes
The Trust’s current contract for the provision of financial services (i.e. finance and procurement) from NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is coming to an end on 31 March 2022.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/finance-and-procurement-system-changes
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
Standard Operating Procedure for Medicines Management in the ISHS Community Setting (Pop up Clinic) (S134)
This SOP sets out the actions taken to facilitate the safe transportation, administration and monitoring of any medications used in the community setting in line with the medicines code.
Disclosure Ref 202517 - Septic compounding services.pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding in-house aseptic compounding services
Disclosure Ref 202508 - NHS Pension Scheme .pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding staff currently employed who are also members of the NHS pension scheme
Requesting GP Prescribing SOP (S147)
To enable non-prescribing clinicians access to an internal group of DCHS prescribers to ensure patients receive clinically indicated medicines in a timely way without putting undue pressure on Community GPs within the system.
Disclosure Ref 2025128 - NHS Car parking fines 2024.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025/128 relating to fines that have been handed out to members of staff at DCHS in 2024 for issues related to car parking
Disclosure Ref 2025104 - Spiritual, Religous and Chaplaincy services.pdf
Disclosure Ref 2025104 relating to spiritual, religious and Chaplaincy services within DCHS
Disclosure Ref 2024202 - International Healthcare Recruitment Campaigns.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2024/202 relating to international recruitment campaigns including insight into the professions being recruited, appointed agency, framework utilised and Contract expiry
Disclosure Ref 2024155 - Medical Devices and EBME devices.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure reference 2024155 relating to Medical Devices and EBME devices and the contracts associated with these
Disclosure Ref 2024294 - Contract and spend for Telecoms & broadband.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure relating to contract and spend for telecoms and broadband
Disclosure Ref 2025209 - Cost of procurement function and number of FTE in the procurement department.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to the cost of procurement function and number of FTE in the procurement department