Pages
Meet Barbara: 71-year-old nurse and role model
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/meet-barbara-71-year-old-nurse-and-role-model
October is AAC Awareness Month!
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/october-aac-awareness-month
Speech and language therapy for adults
https://dchs.nhs.uk/our-services-and-locations/a-z-list-of-services/speech_language_therapy/adults
World AIDS Day reminds us of importance of early testing
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/world-aids-day-reminds-us-importance-early-testing
Annual leave purchase scheme 2025/26
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/annual-leave-purchase-scheme-202526
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024168 - Electro Convulsion Treatment .pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2024168 regarding Electro Convulsion Treatment
Disclosure Ref 202534 - Spend on Sodium Hyaluronate eye drop.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure regarding spend on Sodium Hyaluronate eye drop
Disclosure Ref 202504 - Vials used & patients treated 2024 .pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 202504 relating to vials used and number of patients treated
Disclosure Ref 202595 - Management of staffing contracts and associated services.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 202595 relating to the management of staffing contracts and associated services
Disclosure Ref 2025136 - Utilisation of Insourcing for the following period 01012025 to 31032025.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025136 regarding the utilisation of insourcing for the following period 01012025 to 31032025
Disclosure Ref 2024172- Clinical documentation practices relating to capturing information during interventional procedures.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025/172 relating to clinical documentation practices, specifically in relation to the capture of information during interventional procedures, such as Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) insertions
Disclosure Ref 2025179 - Systems used and storing data.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025179 relating to how we scan and digitise records.
Unopposed-declaration-Staff-HealthcareSupportFacilitiesandEstates.pdf
Declaration:Healthcare Support, Facilities & Estates
DCHS Guidance on the Disclosure of Personal Information to the Police - December 2018.pdf
Guidance for disclosing information to the Police
Information Governance Policy.docx
Information is a vital asset, both in terms of the clinical management of individual patients and the efficient management of services and resources. It plays a key part in clinical governance, service planning and performance management. This document sets out minimum policy standards across the community for confidentiality, integrity and availability of Information. The policy is intended to cover the overlapping areas of Data Protection Compliance, Information Security (BS ISO/IEC 27002:2005 standard), Data Quality and Confidentiality (with regards to ‘common law’).