Pages
Plans approved for the development of Belper health services
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/plans-approved-development-belper-health-services
HIV Confident pledge on stigma-free environment
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/hiv-confident-pledge-stigma-free-environment
National Inclusion week 2025
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/national-inclusion-week-2025
Join with colleagues to remember and reflect
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/join-colleagues-remember-and-reflect
CT scanner delivery at Ilkeston Community Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/ct-scanner-delivery-ilkeston-community-hospital
Files
2021-22 DCHS Quality Account (FINAL SIGNED COPY 150622).pdf
DCHS Quality Account - final signed copy June 2022. This 2021/22 account describes in detail the work we have undertaken during the year to improve the quality of services we provide, to achieve our vision to be the best provider of sustainable local healthcare and be a great place to work. It also describes the continuation of our Quality Improvement journey and the importance we place on being an open, listening and transparent organisation, committed to understanding about and learning from when things go wrong as a vital part of this work.
Post micturition dribble or after dribble - A common problem in men (L270)
L270 - Post micturition dribble or after dribble - A common problem in men. Patient information leaflet that summarizes, some common; symptoms, causes, tips and support available.
Veteran Aware Information Leaflet
DCHS Veteran Aware information leaflet - July 2022; includes our commitment to the armed forces community when accessing healthcare
2022 10 06 Board Pack.pdf
October 2022 - DCHS Trust Board Meeting
Clinical Harms Review Additional detail for Service Level SOP - Community Podiatry Service (S113)
This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS Standard Operating procedure on Clinical Harms which outlines the processes to be followed in order to deliver a consistent approach to: • Utilising a proactive method of risk stratification to minimise clinical harm as a result of delays in care. • Embedding systems which consider health inequalities. • Monitoring waiting times against defined thresholds across pathways of care. • Delivering personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care. • Implementing Harm Reviews for the that support the Trusts governance and assurance processes and maintains practice in line with national expectations.
Clinical Harms Review Additional detail for Service Level SOP (S130)
This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS Standard Operating procedure on Clinical Harms which outlines the processes to be followed to deliver a consistent approach to: • Utilising a proactive method of risk stratification to minimise clinical harm as a result of delays in care. • Embedding systems which consider health inequalities. • Monitoring waiting times against defined thresholds across pathways of care. • Delivering personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care. • Implementing Harm Reviews for the that support the Trusts governance and assurance processes and maintains practice in line with national expectations.
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 202529 - Car parking management .pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding Car Parks that are on DCHS owned sites
Disclosure Ref 202515 - Human Albumin purchased.pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding Human Albumin purchased 2023 and 2024
Disclosure Ref 202536 - Missed hospital appointments in Trust during 2024..pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding scheduled appointments were missed by patients (DNA/Did Not Attend) across all major hospitals