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A huge thank you to colleagues who helped us raise more than £2,000 for local hospices
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/huge-thank-you-colleagues-who-helped-us-raise-more-2000-local-hospices
A big day for Ilkeston’s diagnostics development
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/big-day-ilkestons-diagnostics-development
Community podiatry - Information about your appointment
DCHS community podiatry - service locations
Annual Member's Meeting (AMM) 2025
AMM (Annual Members Meeting) for DCHS November 2025
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/council-governors/become-member/annual-members-meeting
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024296 - Electronic Document Management System.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Electronic Document Management System
DCHS N365 Policy FAQs.docx
Frequently asked questions relating to the DCHS N365 policy. For example can you use your personal phone, tablet, or laptop to access N365? Can you share confidential patient information using MS Teams? and what tools and services are included in the N365 platform? What is the "cloud first" approach?
Disclosure Ref 2025210 - Communicating with patients and the costs associated with this.doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to the costs associated with communicating with patients for example, postage for letters, SMS messages
Disclosure Ref 2025249 - Electrical maintenance (1).doc
Freedom of Information disclosure relating to electrical maintenance
Disclosure Ref 2025290 - Master Vendor and Natural Vendor.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the Trusts use of Master Vendor and/or Neutral Vendor staffing arrangements
Disclosure Ref 2025308 - Job planning and software contract.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to job planning and software contract
Disclosure Ref 2025311 - Agency and bank spend.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to agency and bank spend
Disclosure Ref 2025300 - Medical Microbiology, Virology & Infectious disease.docx
Freedom of information disclosure relating to virology/microbiology laboratory arrangements, test volumes, clinical advisory coverage, lab setup, staffing, workload distribution, out‑of‑hours cover, and inpatient care responsibilities.
Disclosure Ref 2025328 - Pathology backlogs.doc
Freedom of information request relating to pathology backlogs, how they are managed, related external spending, digital pathology systems, and any future plans for improving pathology services.
Procedures for the Secure Transfer of Information v3.5.docx
The purpose of this document is to summarise the procedures that staff should follow when transmitting patient and personal information. Other DCHS NHS Trust policies contain more detailed information on the responsibilities of staff in relation to confidentiality and information security, and therefore all staff should ensure they have read and understood their full responsibilities in these areas.