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Health Psychology
The DCHS health psychology service provides specialist psychological care and support to adults with physical health problems.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/health-psychology
Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
Patient Group Directions - PGDs provide a legal framework that allows some registered health professionals to supply and/or administer a specified medicine(s) to a pre-defined group of patients, without them having to see a prescriber.
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Improvement, Innovation and Effectiveness
Supporting colleagues to keep DCHS an outstanding place to work and recive care.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/improvement-innovation-effectiveness
Files
Disclosure Ref 2025269 - IT software, supplier and spend (1).xlsx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to IT software, supplier and spend
Disclosure Ref 2025257 - Newly-qualified nursing posts Recruitment.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to nursing recruitment figures showing how many newly‑qualified nurses were recruited each year from 2020–21 to 2025–26
Disclosure Ref 2025343 - Artificial intelligence.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to AI systems DCHS uses, what AI procurement has taken place, what governance and ethical oversight exists, how AI impacts the workforce, how AI performance is evaluated, and how data protection and privacy are managed
Disclosure Ref 2025326 - Education training tariff.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Trust’s latest annual education and training self‑assessment report, the total postgraduate medical education tariff received, a detailed breakdown of how that tariff was spent, and whether any mechanisms exist to review the educational value of this funding.
Disclosure Ref 2025404 - Patient Engagement Portal.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Patient Engagement Portal
Disclosure Ref 2025200 - Mentally unwell patients dying of diabetes complications.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the number of mentally unwell people in the Trusts care that have died from diabetes complications from 2014 - 2024
Disclosure Ref 2025350.doc
Freedom of information request relating to the annual totals for referrals, suspected and proven fraud incidents, and the financial value lost and recovered due to fraud from 2017–2022
Subject Access Request Policy.docx
This policy details the procedures the Trust has adopted for dealing with applications for access to personal records held by Derbyshire Community Health Services, whether formal manual (for example, on paper) or computerised (such as within a clinical system) or information which could be classed as informal which may have been written within emails, text or recorded in Microsoft Teams, for example.
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Policy (P90)
To provide information about the practical help and support that is available to employees of DCHSFT who are currently experiencing domestic abuse, or are experiencing trauma as a result of their past experiences of abuse. This Policy also covers the approach to be taken where an employee’s behaviour towards their family may constitute domestic abuse. Providing this information empowers Managers to take effective, supportive action and reinforces the message that domestic abuse and sexual violence cannot be ignored.
Guidelines for assessing pain in patients with Cognitive Impairment and or communication problems (G203)
Within DCHS 4 pain assessment tools have been provided to help meet patient’s individual needs: PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE – PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (Abbey Pain Scale) PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR USE WITH FAMILY AND CARERS OF PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DISABILITY DISTRESS ASSESSMENT TOOL (DisDAT)