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DCHS reservist’s role in Coronation celebrations
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/dchs-reservists-role-coronation-celebrations
Issues with filter needles
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/issues-filter-needles
Meet Barbara: Derbyshire’s oldest working nurse?
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/meet-barbara-derbyshires-oldest-working-nurse
St Oswalds Hospital League of Friends
Contact St Oswalds Hospital League of Friends
https://dchs.nhs.uk/join-us/volunteer-with-us/st-oswalds-hospital-league-friends
Files
Disclosure Ref 202595 - Management of staffing contracts and associated services.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 202595 relating to the management of staffing contracts and associated services
Disclosure Ref 2025158 - Data Protection Services.pdf
Disclosure Ref 2025158 relating to Procurement of external Data Protection Officer (DPO) & Data protection GDPR compliance services for the period 2022 to 2025
Disclosure Ref 2025130 - Framework agency expenditure 2 of 2.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025130 regarding Framework agency expenditure and the total number of hours filled for Nursing and HCA staff (2 of 2)
Promotion and Management of Continence for Adult Services Policy (P10)
This policy aims to identify a framework for the standards of care and best practice for bladder, bowel and continence promotion. The range of multidisciplinary professionals involved in continence care is diverse, and it is therefore essential that a continence service delivers integrated working practices across organisational and professional boundaries in order to provide effective care and efficient use of resource. The information detailed within this document will assist healthcare professionals who are undertaking a continence assessment and sets the standards of care for patients who present with a bladder or bowel problem. The continence advisory service aims to provide a quality service to all adults registered with a Derbyshire or Derby City GP. People with continence needs should be seen at the most appropriate time by the most appropriate professional. Excellence in continence care (2018) suggests that the initial assessment is best undertaken by staff trained in continence care within in a community setting, the provision of a high-quality assessment is the foundation of high-quality continence care.
1195 - Blood Transfusion Pathway – Stepping Hill Hospital
1195 BLOOD TRANSFUSION PROCEDURE WITH STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL (SHH) BLOOD BANK
L223 - Managing Breathlessness Leaflet
L223 - Managing Breathlessness. A Respiratory Service patient information leaflet leaflet.
Guidelines for Using the Abbey Pain Scale (G204)
The Pain Scale is an instrument designed to assist in the assessment of pain in patients who are unable to clearly articulate their needs.
Medicine Code (S2)
This Code defines the roles and responsibilities of all health care professionals and ancillary staff involved in the ordering, storage, distribution, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines within DCHS. This Medicines Code extends the previous Medicines Codes and reviews them in light of current legislation and guidelines.
Safe Use of Bed Rails and Bed Area Equipment Within Inpatient Areas Policy (P22)
Some people in hospital may be at risk of falling from bed for many reasons including poor mobility, cognitive impairment, e.g. dementia, brain damage, visual impairment, and the effects of their treatment or medication. The National Audit of Inpatient Falls 2015 reported that twenty two per cent of patients who fall in hospital do so from their bed. The use of bed rails can be challenging. This is because bed rails are not appropriate for all patients and can create a barrier to independence that can create a greater risk of falls to mobile but confused patients who may attempt to climb over the rails. However a review of literature indicates that falls from beds with bed rails are usually associated with lower rates of injury (NRSL 2015). Bed rails and other pieces of bed equipment are not appropriate for all people, and using bedrails, bed levers etc. involves risks. National data suggests around 1,250 people injure themselves on bed rails each year. This is usually scrapes and bruises to their lower legs. Based on reports to the MHRA and the HSE, deaths from bed rail entrapment could probably have been avoided if MHRA advice had been followed. Staff should continue to take great care to avoid bed rail entrapment, but need to be aware that in hospital settings there is a greater risk of harm to people falling from beds.
Identification Policy for Patients (P70)
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) aims to take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of patients by having robust systems in place to confirm a patient’s identify. This policy provides guidance for staff to reduce the risk of misidentification of patients using the guidance issued in the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) Safer Practice Notice (2007) “Standardising wristbands improves patient safety”. This policy aims to: • Reduce the potential of harm to patients caused by misidentification; • Ensure compliance with National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) advice.