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Records management
Clinical, staff and corporate records management at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/information-governance/records-management
New ultrasound service at North Derbyshire’s Community Diagnostic Centre
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/new-ultrasound-service-north-derbyshires-community-diagnostic-centre
Virtual ward helps Derbyshire patients stay at home for Christmas and New Year
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/virtual-ward-helps-derbyshire-patients-stay-home-christmas-and-new-year
DCHS SIM-swap project – important information for laptop users
DCHS SIM-swap project - 5 weeks to swap out over 2,500 laptops. Mostly laptops that are used by mobile workers (ie clinicians that go in to patients homes).
Files
Disclsoure Ref 2025101 - 2 of 2 Statement on the Use of Nitrates in Meat Products and an Action Plan for Change.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure ref 20255101 - 2 of 2 Statement on the Use of Nitrates in Meat Products and an Action Plan for Change
Data and Key Performance Indicators A15 (G320)
Data and Key Performance Indicators
Unopposed-declaration-Staff-AdminClericalandManager.pdf
Declaration - Staff Admin Clerical and Manager
TPP116 GULP Dehydration risk screening tool
TPP116 GULP Dehydration Risk Screening Tool for In-Patients
1202 - Application for authorised witnesses to be approved by DCHS Accountable Officer for CD destruction
1202 - Application for authorised witnesses to be approved by DCHS Accountable Officer for CD destruction
0106 - Samples Fridge Temperature Monitoring Form (P69)
0106 - Samples Fridge Temperature Monitoring Form (P69)
0260 - Blood pressure information for ESSD patients
0260 - Blood pressure information for ESSD patients
Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis Pathway Urgent Treatment Centre (G95)
G95 - Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis Pathway Urgent Treatment Centre
Recognition of Patient Deterioration (Adults) Policy (P83)
The aim of this policy is to set the minimum standard and frequency for monitoring and recording adult patients’ vital signs in their own home, Minor Injuries Units, outpatient podiatric surgery and community hospital wards. The mismanagement of deterioration is a common area of systemic failure in avoidable patient death across the NHS (NHS Improvement, 2016, Hogan et al, 2012) and poor communication is a leading cause of adverse events in healthcare. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) offers a common language to describe and communicate a patient’s acute illness severity by all healthcare professionals in all settings and is central to establishing a national pathway for improving the management of deterioration and sepsis (Inada-Kim and Nsutebu, 2018). This policy aims to increase survival among acutely unwell and deteriorating patients
What_happens_when_i_make_a_complaint.docx
DCHS - what happens if I make a complaint?