Pages
Accessible information standards
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/accessible-information
Interpreting & translation
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/interpreting-translation
Patient Safety
Patient Safety is the freedom from harm in healthcare and is a process by which an organisation makes patient care safer.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/patient-safety
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.
Industrial Action Update - Issued on 16 January 2023
Ahead of this week’s planned industrial action by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), we’ve developed an in-depth briefing which we hope colleagues will find useful. It also signposts to other helpful sources of information.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/industrial-action-update-16-january
Files
L356 - Oxygen Use In Adult Patients
Oxygen Use In Adult Patients
Disclosure Ref 2024250 - Formal disciplinary processes for taking / removing prescription medication not prescribed.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 2024250 relating to formal disciplinary processes for taking / removing prescription medication not prescribed to them stored in the hospital / GP practice from 2020 - 2024
Attaching a Teams file to an email.docx
Guide on how to attach a file on Teams to an email
Disclosure Ref 2025172 - Clinical documentation practices in relation to information during interventional procedures, such as Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertions.doc
Clinical documentation practices in relation to information during interventional procedures, such as Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertions
Disclosure Ref 2025238 - Electronic Patient Record (EPR) System used.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Electronic Patient Record (EPR) System used
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Guideline for Patients Undergoing Podiatric Surgery (G349)
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Guideline for Patients Undergoing Podiatric Surgery
Disclosure Ref 2025177 - Translation services.doc
Freedom of information request relating to information about the organisation’s use of language and interpreting services. This includes which national procurement frameworks the organisation uses, how services are accessed, contract expiry dates, current providers, and spending over the past two financial years.
Clinical Documentation Proforma
Clinical Documentation Proforma
Corporate Framework August 2025
Corporate Framework August 2025
0535 - Anticoagulation Maintenance Referral Form
0535 - Anticoagulation Maintenance Referral Form