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Community podiatry - Managing your condition at home
Helpful tips for patients, carers and clinicians to help people with self care
Open event spotlights Walton Hospital’s upcoming diagnostic service
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/open-event-spotlights-walton-hospitals-upcoming-diagnostic-service
Baby loss Awareness Week 9 – 15 October
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/baby-loss-awareness-week-9-15-october
Changes to the NHS Pension Scheme April 2022
As you may be aware there are some important changes to the NHS Pension Scheme which could affect members from April 2022.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/changes-nhs-pension-scheme-april-2022
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Patient (or carer) Initiated Follow-up SOP Dementia Palliative Care Service (S132)
Patient initiated follow-up (PIFU) describes when a patient (or their carer) can initiate their follow-up visit as and when required, e.g., when symptoms or circumstances change. This SOP defines the process, roles, and responsibilities for the following: • Identifying which patients PIFU is right for • Moving a patient onto a PIFU pathway • Booking visits which have been initiated by a patient or carer • Managing patients who do not initiate a review/home visit within the PIFU timescale • Discharging or booking reviews at the end of that patient’s PIFU timescale • Monitoring compliance Dementia Palliative Care Service are in the process of piloting a PIFU process for 12 months. The pilot will be reviewed every 3 months with a final review post 12 months.
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 202553 - Clinical safety of health IT systems.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure Ref 202553 relating to clinical safety of health IT systems
Disclosure Ref 202582 - Surveying & Geospatial Activities .pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure ref 202582 relating to Surveying & Geospatial Activities
Disclosure ref 2025101 - Use of meats containing nitrates 1 of 2.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 2025101 relating to the use of meats containing nitrates
Disclosure Ref 202530 - Make and model of the bladder scanners (2of 2).pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 202530 relating to the make and model of the bladder scanners
Disclosure Ref 2024204 - international recruitment.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2024/204 relating to how many Nurses, Drs and AHPs have been recruited internationally and the budget for these
Disclosure Ref 2025173 - Bullying and racism amongst midwives .pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025173 relating to reports of bullying and racism made by midwives against midwives