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Policy For the Use of Sterile Maggot Therapy in Wound Management (P101)

The purpose of this policy is designed to support suitably qualified healthcare professionals in managing wound debridement using maggot (larval) therapy, (which may only be instigated by a Tissue Viability Specialist) and to make sure it is carried out in a safe and clinically effective manner, acceptable to patients and carers. This policy aims to ensure the appropriate use of maggot (larval) therapy within Derbyshire Community Health Service NHS Foundation Trust.

Policy for the maintenance and management of lifts

Policy for the maintenance and management of lifts, Insurance Inspector, Lift Management, thorough examination, lift servicing.

Information Management and Technology Security Policy.docx

DCHS Information Management and Technology Security Policy

Management of Under Nutrition in Adults (G43)

The aim of the guidelines is to ensure effective patient centred oral nutrition support in Derbyshire by promoting a fortified diet and appropriate, effective ONS prescribing.

HRP19 Management of Change Policy

HRP19 DCHS Organisational Change Policy - updated March 2022

DCHS management of in-patients with Diarrhoea or suspected Clostridioides difficile (Cdiff) 2022 poster1.pdf

Promotion and Management of Continence for Adult Services Policy (P10)

This policy aims to identify a framework for the standards of care and best practice for bladder, bowel and continence promotion. The range of multidisciplinary professionals involved in continence care is diverse, and it is therefore essential that a continence service delivers integrated working practices across organisational and professional boundaries in order to provide effective care and efficient use of resource. The information detailed within this document will assist healthcare professionals who are undertaking a continence assessment and sets the standards of care for patients who present with a bladder or bowel problem. The continence advisory service aims to provide a quality service to all adults registered with a Derbyshire or Derby City GP. People with continence needs should be seen at the most appropriate time by the most appropriate professional. Excellence in continence care (2018) suggests that the initial assessment is best undertaken by staff trained in continence care within in a community setting, the provision of a high-quality assessment is the foundation of high-quality continence care.

Management of blood and body fluid spillages (002).pdf

Standard Operating Procedure for Medicines Management in the ISHS Community Setting (Pop up Clinic) (S134)

This SOP sets out the actions taken to facilitate the safe transportation, administration and monitoring of any medications used in the community setting in line with the medicines code.

The Use of Force, Restraint Reduction and the Management of Violence and Aggression (P58)

The policy provides a framework for support staff who work across Learning Disability Services (LD) and Older Peoples Mental Health Services (OPMH), in responding to situations that they face with regards to Behaviours that Challenge and in particular, violence and aggression (both where they can plan and where an incident in unforeseen).