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Babington Hospital
Babington Hospital offers the following DCHS services: community therapy, physiotherapy and children's services.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/our-locations/community-hospitals/babington-hospital
End of Life - Directory of Services
Information hub for all clinicians, carers and family members, signposting to end of life support and resources available throughout Derbyshire.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/eol-directory-services
DCHS SIM-swap project – important information for laptop users
DCHS SIM-swap project - 5 weeks to swap out over 2,500 laptops. Mostly laptops that are used by mobile workers (ie clinicians that go in to patients homes).
NHS Help Us, Help You campaign to help people get NHS advice quickly
NHS Help Us, Help You campaign to help people get NHS advice quickly
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/nhs-help-us-help-you-campaign-help-people-get-nhs-advice-quickly
Files
6-8 week Review 0-19 Children’s Services Guidelines (G273)
This Best Practice Guidance gives clear guidance on the minimum standard expected of Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (Health Visitors) when delivering the 6-8 week review. It outlines the goal and essential components of the 6-8 week review offered to all families in Derbyshire. This document also supports a commitment to ensure evidence based tools and training are embedded within practice, supporting the national commissioning for outcomes recommendations and offering assurance that the service is focused on personalised and needs based care.
Mental Health Act 1983 Community Treatment Order Policy (P103)
To guide staff on the implementation of a Community Treatment Order (CTO) in accordance with the MHA 1983 and the MHA Code of Practice 2015. To ensure lawful and appropriate use of CTO’s within the Trust and that legal rights of any patient subject to a CTO are upheld at all stages.
Adult Nutrition, Food and Hydration Guidelines For Community Patients (G319)
The aim of this guidance is to support patients who are unable to maintain their nutritional status by eating and drinking orally. The purpose of these guidelines is to: • Give clear, defined, evidence-based guidelines for all employees within DCHS working in the community setting, to support patients with maintaining adequate nutrition and hydration status. • Ensure that the defined minimum requirements for documentation are clearly laid down to enable clinicians to accurately monitor and assess the nutrition and hydration status of the patient in a timely manner. • Ensure that all relevant employees are given the necessary information, instruction and training to provide them with the knowledge and skills to monitor and maintain the nutrition and hydration status of the patient and to reduce the risk of complications.
Service Level Clinical Harms Standard Operating Procedure (S139)
This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS patient access and safe waiting policy 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 take into account 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.
Disclosure Ref 2024191 - Urgent Treatment Centre ophthalmology (eye care) services.pdf
Disclosure Ref 2024191 relating to Urgent Treatment Centre ophthalmology (eye care) services
Disclosure Ref 202522 - Deaths recorded in 2023 where vaping was a cause .pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding the number of deaths recorded at your trust in the year 2023 where vaping was a cause or contributor
Disclosure Ref 202558 - Systems contracts.pdf
Freedom of Information Disclosure Ref 202558 relating to Systems contracts for Analytics (PLICS), BI & Data Warehousing, Clinical workflow engine/integrated care pathways, EPR, Eye Screening, Finance BI and analytics system Unit 4, Inpatient e-prescribing, Live operational dashboard system, Simple Business Intelligence
Disclosure Ref 202552 - Clinical Waste Contract.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure ref 202552 relating to Clinical Waste Contract and how much was spent on this
Disclosure Ref 202586 - Patient Flow System.pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure reference 202586 relating to Patient Flow System
Disclosure Ref 202587 - Electrical suppliers annual spend.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to the annual spend with from January 2024 to January 2025 for CEF, Edmundson Electrical, Rexel UK Ltd & Yess Electrical