Pages
Recognition of Staff Excellence (ROSE) award
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/recognition-staff-excellence-rose-award
My Download - 1 November 2021
Weekly all DCHS staff e-newsletter
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/my-download-1-november-2021
St. Oswald's Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/our-locations/community-hospitals/st-oswalds-hospital
Meet Barbara: 71-year-old nurse and role model
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/meet-barbara-71-year-old-nurse-and-role-model
Files
Disclosure Ref 202585 - Consultant Midwives .pdf
Freedom of information final disclosure reference 202585 relating to Consultant Midwives
Disclosure Ref 2025119 - Risk, compliance or incident management software currently used.pdf
Freedom of Information Disclosure Ref 2025119 relating to Risk, compliance or incident management software currently used
Disclosure Ref 2025127 - Community Involvement on research board.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025127 relating to Community Involvement on research board
Disclosure Ref 2025134 - Formaldehyde levels.pdf
FOI disclosure ref 202134 regarding number of formaldehyde levels recorded in the Trust’s Histopathology Department
Disclosure Ref 2025133 - Number of grievances, disciplinaries & bullying and harassment (dignity at work) complaints.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025133 regarding the number of grievances, disciplinary Investigations & bullying and harassment (dignity at work) complaints 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2025
Disclosure Ref 2024207 - Dementia Diagnosis.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2024207 relating to a Dementia diagnosis and how long people are waiting for a diagnoses and the time it took for a dementia review to take place.
Disclosure Ref 2024247 - Car parking fines and costs.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2024247 relating to car parking fines and costs for DCHS sites
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.
Dysphagia Management of Adults (P20)
DCHS recognises the risk to people who have difficulty with eating, drinking and swallowing and that the management of dysphagia is everyone’s business. This policy promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to identifying and managing dysphagia. It is to ensure that all people with dysphagia receive the highest possible level of assessment, care and support to achieve maximum independence, pleasure and meet their nutritional needs, whilst keeping the risks associated with this potentially life threatening condition to a minimum.
Adult Enteral Feeding Policy (P48)
The purpose of the policy is to provide best practice guidance for the care of adults fed via with an enteral feeding tube. The aim of the policy is to ensure delivery of safe and effective care for patients who are enterally tube fed within Derbyshire Community Health Services: • Community Hospitals, • Community Services • Care Homes And to ensure continuity of care within Derbyshire Community Health Service Foundation Trust.