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Derbyshire NHS helping new parents with baby feeding campaign
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/derbyshire-nhs-helping-new-parents-baby-feeding-campaign
Keep up to date with innovations and emerging research to improve your practice
introducing KnowledgeShare - an online web-based current awareness system being offered by Derbyshire NHS Library and Knowledge Service.
Diabetes Education Service
If you have type 2 diabetes, attending an education programme is an important part of your treatment plan.
Ashbourne poet’s thanks in verse for NHS nurses is unveiled at St Oswald’s Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/ashbourne-poets-thanks-verse-nhs-nurses-unveiled-st-oswalds-hospital
Access to journal articles for DCHS staff
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/access-journal-articles-dchs-staff
Heart failure services
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/heart-failure-services
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024276 - Agency arrangement and agreements currently in place.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to Agency arrangement and agreements currently in place.pdf
Disclosure Ref 2025241 - XR technology used within the Trust.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to XR technology used within the Trust
Disclosure Ref 2025216 - Off framework agencies in adult Mental Health.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to off framework agencies in adult Mental Health
Disclosure Ref 2025273 - IT products & Services.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to IT products & Services
Disclosure Ref 2025250 - Bank agency management.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to where the Trust has plans to come to market for bank or agency management services in the next 12 months
Disclosure Ref 2025286 - Heart failure community specialist nurse services in both north and south.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to how the heart failure community specialist nurse service operates across Derbyshire, covering appointment structures, timings, monitoring methods, staffing, referral and discharge criteria
Delivering Same Sex Accommodation (P64)
Every patient has the right to receive high quality care that is safe, effective and respects their Privacy and Dignity. There are no exemptions from the need to provide high standards of privacy and dignity and this applies to all areas, including when admission is unplanned. This is one of the guiding principles of the NHS Constitution (2009) and at the core of local NHS visions. Derbyshire Community Health Trust ( DCHS) aim is that all patients who are admitted to any of our hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of the same sex, and same sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to their bed area. Sharing with members of the opposite sex should only happen by exception based on clinical need (for example where patients need specialist equipment), or when patients choose to share (for instance married couple who have been admitted together may want to share a side room). This Policy contributes to the achievement of CQC Outcome 4 – The patient will receive care, treatment and support in single sex accommodation wherever it is available. The aim is to ensure a clear and consistent approach is adopted across DCHS community hospitals by all ward managers.
The Use of Force, Restraint Reduction and the Management of Violence and Aggression (P58)
The policy provides a framework for support staff who work across Learning Disability Services (LD) and Older Peoples Mental Health Services (OPMH), in responding to situations that they face with regards to Behaviours that Challenge and in particular, violence and aggression (both where they can plan and where an incident in unforeseen).
Implementation of National Guidance Policy (P44)
All patients should have fair access to high quality care which is based on clear evidence of best practice. There are many examples of documents issued either by the Department of Health or bodies such as the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) which set out the requirements for organisations to follow either as mandatory targets or as best practice guidance and professional advice. This policy sets out the process for the dissemination and implementation of national guidance within Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHSFT). This policy aims to provide a clear process to ensure that national guidance for example NICE, Care Quality Commission Reviews, or NHS Improvement, are appropriately disseminated implemented and monitored across the organisation.
A9 Management of Diabetic Patients on Insulin on Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes (S109)
Procedure for how to manage diabetic patients on Insulin on Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes