Pages
Issues with filter needles
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/issues-filter-needles
Meet Barbara: 71-year-old nurse and role model
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/meet-barbara-71-year-old-nurse-and-role-model
My Download - November 8 2021
Weekly all DCHS staff e-newsletter
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/my-download-november-8-2021
All things Platinum Jubilee!
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/all-things-platinum-jubilee
Files
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 202550 - Expenditure on transcription services.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure reference 202550 relating to expenditure on transcription services
Disclosure Ref 202584 - Compliance with Deaths guidance .pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure reference 202584 relating to compliance with learning from deaths guidance
Disclosure ref 2025101 - Use of meats containing nitrates 1 of 2.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 2025101 relating to the use of meats containing nitrates
Admission Discharge and Transfer Policy for DCHS OPMH and Neurodevelopmental inpatient Service (P84)
Derbyshire Community Health Services FT (DCHS) has both Learning disability (LD) and Older Peoples Mental Health (OPMH) specialist in-patient services located in the North of the county which provides services to meet acute clinical health care needs. The OPMH service covers North Derbyshire; the LD service is the bedded provision for the County of Derbyshire. The policy sets clinical standards to improve the admission of appropriate patients. The policy encompasses the whole patient pathway including the Admission, Discharge and Transfer processes of these services.
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made?
L274 - Best Interest Document 3/3: What decision has been made? This booklet covers: • Some things about the Mental Capacity Act (2005) • What a best interest decision means • What decision needed to be made about you • What was thought about to make the decision • What was decided
Dual Diagnosis Guideline (G1)
This guidance describes the objectives that need to be in place to ensure that; DCHS staff have the appropriate skills for working with service users who have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance misuse; and that there is an agreed way forward for working with this service user group.
Guidelines for the Recognition and Management of Infected Wounds (G29)
A framework to enable health care practitioners to deliver best practice in wound care, specifically by providing a tool to be utilised to aid the recognition and management of infected wounds
Disconnection of Continuous Infusional Chemotherapy from a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) in the Community SOP (S65)
The aim of this SOP is to provide guidance for staff in the clinical procedure of the disconnection of continuous infusion chemotherapy from a CVAD within a DCHS setting across adult services. This SOP is intended to reduce the level of risks associated with this procedure.