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A message from the Royal Voluntary Service
We are writing to you because you have previously referred people to the NHS Volunteer Responders (NHSVR) programme, to tell you about changes to the support available from our volunteers.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/message-royal-voluntary-service
Have you got an NHS workforce story to tell?
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/have-you-got-nhs-workforce-story-tell
Derbyshire NHS Trust’s annual public accountability meeting
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/derbyshire-nhs-trusts-annual-public-accountability-meeting
Diabetes services
We provide two services for people with diabetes - Community Diabetes for people with Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes and our Diabetes Education service for people with Type 2 diabetes in Derby and Derbyshire. Each service is designed and selected according to individual requirements.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/diabetes-services
Help us save energy – and protect NHS funds
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/help-us-save-energy-and-protect-nhs-funds
Tier 3 Weight Management Service Derbyshire
The Tier 3 Weight Management Service offers a weight management programme to support adults with severe and complex obesity to lose weight across Derby City and Derbyshire County.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/weight-management-service
Files
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.
A1a - Administration guide for SPOA (P91)
A1a - Administration guide for SPOA
Mental Health Act 1983 - Detention of Informal Patients under Section 5(4) Policy and Procedure (P104)
This policy provides guidance on the use of Section 5(4), nurses holding power under the Mental Health Act 1983. It should be followed by all Registered Mental Health Nurses and Learning Disability Nurses working in trust in-patient areas. This short-term power, not more than six hours, can be applied to informal patients under certain conditions as below. This policy should be read in conjunction with Chapter 18 ‘Holding powers’ of the Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice (2015).
Disclosure Ref 2024134 - List of Medications To Be Used in Nursing Teams.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2024134 - List of Medications To Be Used in Nursing Teams
Core Standards Template (DCHS Policy Development Framework)
Core Standards Template (DCHS Policy Development Framework)
Disclosure Ref 2024144 - Private maternity services .pdf
Private maternity services
Pressure Ulcer Categories
Pressure Ulcer Categories
Disclosure Ref 202519 -Insourcing model to combat and reduce waiting list times.pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding utilising Insourcing model to combat and reduce waiting list times
Disclosure Ref 202501 - NHS Medical Staffing contracted with other organisations .pdf
Disclosure to freedom of information request regarding NHS Medical Staffing contracted with other organisations
Disclosure Ref 202584 - Compliance with Deaths guidance .pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure reference 202584 relating to compliance with learning from deaths guidance