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Records management
Clinical, staff and corporate records management at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/information-governance/records-management
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Disclosure Ref 2025170 - Diagnosis & treatment of hip fractures for patients presenting at A & E.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025/170 relating to the number of patients who presented at A&E with hip pain and were referred for X-Ray or MRI scan
Drug Management of Violence and Aggression and Rapid Tranquilisation Policy (P114)
The aim of this policy is to support practitioner’s decision making, when considering or using medication by the parenteral route, when the use of oral medication is not possible or appropriate and urgent sedation with medication is required. NICE Guidance NG10 (2015)
Disclosure Ref 2025182 - Temporary Staffing and Frameworks procured.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to temporary Staffing and Frameworks procured
Disclosure Ref 2025288 - June 2025 Agency spend.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to Agency Spend, split between Registered Nurses (all specialities e.g. adult nursing, children’s nursing, community, mental health, midwives, etc), Health Care Support Workers and Doctors for June 2025
Disclosure Ref 2025278 - ADHD & Autism assessments and post diagnostic services.doc
Freedom of information request relating to the annual spend and patient numbers for ADHD and Autism assessments over the last three years, split by age groups.
Disclosure Ref 2025294 - Cloud usage, including spend & providers used.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Cloud usage, including spend & providers used.
Disclosure Ref 2025351 - Expenditure on workplace legal cases.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the expenditure on workplace legal cases
Disclosure Ref 2025192 - Prescriptions for sleep medication.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to five‑year data on sleep disorders, prescriptions for sleep‑related medications, and referrals to non‑drug treatments.
Disclosure Ref 2025332 - Translation and interpreting services including usage and spend.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to translation and interpreting services including usage and spend
Door Locking Policy (P54)
The Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice (2015) states that if hospitals are to manage entry to and exit from wards effectively they will need to have a Policy for doing so. The aim of this Policy is to ensure that appropriate actions and control measures are in place for staff locking ward/building doors across DCHS, to maintain a consistent approach and to provide clinicians with guidance on the locking of doors as recommended by the Mental Health Act 1983, Code of Practice 2015. This will ensure that the safety of staff and the liberty of patients remains protected at all times.