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CT scanner delivery at Ilkeston Community Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/ct-scanner-delivery-ilkeston-community-hospital
Carers Staff Network
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/staff-networks/carers-staff-network
Walton Hospital’s diagnostic centre – progress update
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/walton-hospitals-diagnostic-centre-progress-update
Flu – make your informed CHOICE
All the information about this year's flu vaccination programme, Covid booster jabs and winter wellbeing found here!
Weather alert: sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice warning
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/weather-alert-sub-zero-temperatures-snow-and-ice-warning
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024219 - Off framework and framework .pdf
Freedom of information disclosure reference 2024219 relating to Off Framework and Framework Agency spend solely for Nurses from 1st April 2023 to 1st May 2024
Disclosure Ref 2025194 - Ambulance call-out requests from stadiums on matchdays.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025194 relating to ambulance call-out requests from stadiums on matchdays
Final Standard Operating Procedure Safe Staffing Levels and Annual Leave management ISHS October 2025
Disclosure Ref 2024228 - Cost of specialist bariatric equipment.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure relating to spend on specialist bariatric equipment for obese/bariatric patients (patients over 160kg) during the last three financial years and a breakdown of the type of equipment used by the trust and the amounts spent, split between Rental expenditure and Purchased Equipment
Disclosure Ref 2024284 - Medication chain disruptions & incidents.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure relating to medication chain disruptions & incidents due to this
Disclosure Ref 202552 - Clinical Waste Contract.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to clinical waste contracts and leads for various services
Admission Discharge and Transfer Policy for DCHS Community Hospitals (P56)
This Policy helps define the purpose of the treatment provided by our Community Hospitals and how to access these services. It does not apply to our Older Peoples Mental Health Wards or Learning Disability Service beds as they are accessed via a separate protocol. The Policy sets clinical standards to improve the admission of appropriate patients. It encompasses the whole patient pathway including the Admission, Discharge and Transfer processes of these services. The Policy aims to support well-organised, safe and timely admissions, discharges and transfers for all patients through appropriate planning with the patient and their relatives / carers.
Internet Use Policy
The Internet is a valuable tool that many DCHS staff use as part of their work. It is essential that all staff understand their responsibilities when using the internet. It is the purpose of this policy to enable the effective and legal use of DCHS internet systems.
Admission Discharge and Transfer Policy for DCHS OPMH and Neurodevelopmental inpatient Service (P84)
Derbyshire Community Health Services FT (DCHS) has both Learning disability (LD) and Older Peoples Mental Health (OPMH) specialist in-patient services located in the North of the county which provides services to meet acute clinical health care needs. The OPMH service covers North Derbyshire; the LD service is the bedded provision for the County of Derbyshire. The policy sets clinical standards to improve the admission of appropriate patients. The policy encompasses the whole patient pathway including the Admission, Discharge and Transfer processes of these services.
Dysphagia Management of Adults (P20)
DCHS recognises the risk to people who have difficulty with eating, drinking and swallowing and that the management of dysphagia is everyone’s business. This policy promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to identifying and managing dysphagia. It is to ensure that all people with dysphagia receive the highest possible level of assessment, care and support to achieve maximum independence, pleasure and meet their nutritional needs, whilst keeping the risks associated with this potentially life threatening condition to a minimum.