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Have you got an NHS workforce story to tell?
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/have-you-got-nhs-workforce-story-tell
Freedom to Speak Up (Raise a Concern)
FTSU at DCHS
Open event spotlights Walton Hospital’s upcoming diagnostic service
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/open-event-spotlights-walton-hospitals-upcoming-diagnostic-service
Contractor appointed to build new £15m health services hub for Belper
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/contractor-appointed-build-new-15m-health-services-hub-belper
New winter ward opens at Ilkeston Community Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/new-winter-ward-opens-ilkeston-community-hospital
LGBTQIA+ Staff Network
Find out how to join the LGBTQ+ staff network, support our work through meetings, wearing the rainbow pin badge or rainbow lanyard and more you can do as an LGBTQ+ ally.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/staff-networks/lgbt-staff-network-group
Files
Disclosure Ref 202530 - Bladder Scanners (1 of 2).doc
Freedom of Information Disclosure Ref 202530 relating to Bladder Scanners owned by Trust including make and model of these
Disclosure Ref 2025212 - Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) products from overseas suppliers between January 2023 and present.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) products from overseas suppliers between January 2023 and present
Disclosure Ref 2025253 - Holter ECG analysis.doc
Freedom of information relating to Holter ECG analysis
Disclosure Ref 2025261 - Trust operating theatres, Endoscope Decontamination Units and sterile services.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Trust operating theatres, Endoscope Decontamination Units and sterile services.doc
Disclosure Ref 2025337 - Digital print services (1).doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to citizen engagement platform and contract amount and end date
Disclosure Ref 2025313 - Cost improvement plans.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the Trust’s planned 2025–26 cost‑improvement savings, how much is unidentified, the savings as a percentage of operating expenses, the split between recurrent and non‑recurrent savings, and the breakdown across pay, non‑pay and income.
Disclosure Ref 2025303 - Number of outgoing telecommunications.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the total number of inbound and outbound calls handled by the Trust over the last three financial years for clinical departments, and non‑clinical departments.
Incident Reporting Policy (P80)
Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of patients, staff, visitors, and contractors alike. DCHS aspires to provide a Zero Harm environment. The policy considers the recommendations of the Department of Health publications: An Organisation with a Memory, Building a Safer NHS, Doing less Harm and the former National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) publication Building a memory: preventing harm, reducing risks and improving patient safety, Berwick report 2013 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and subsequent subsidiary reports. The reporting, management and investigation of adverse incidents are fundamental elements of risk management. Sharing the learning from adverse incidents (including near misses) enables the organisation to implement changes to practice, processes, and systems so that the risk of harm is reduced. In addition to the human costs, if incidents are not properly managed, they may result in a loss of public confidence in the organisation and a loss of assets.
L223 - Managing Breathlessness Leaflet
L223 - Managing Breathlessness. A Respiratory Service patient information leaflet leaflet.
Guidelines for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment - Adapted Waterlow Score (G89)
The purpose of this Standard Operation Procedure is to set out the process to be followed to ensure a consistent approach is followed for the assessment of patient’s risks of developing pressure ulcers.