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Tissue Viability Update
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/tissue-viability-update
Can you spare a day to cycle for healthy children and a healthy climate? - Ride for their lives 2022
Dr Chris Clayton appointed as Chief Executive Designate JUCD
The appointment of Dr Chris Clayton as Chief Executive Designate of the NHS Integrated Care Board for Derby and Derbyshire.
Ward Decoration Guidelines
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/ward-decoration-guidelines
Advice to patients and families during the consultants’ industrial action
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/advice-patients-and-families-during-consultants-industrial-action
Files
A2 - Managing NICE Guidance on AMaT (P44)
Managing NICE Guidance on AMaT
Statement_of_the_Council_of_Governors_Roles_and_Responsibilities[1].docx
DCHS Statement of the Council of Governors Roles and Responsibilities
TPP116 GULP Dehydration risk screening tool
TPP116 GULP Dehydration Risk Screening Tool for In-Patients
TPP487-1204 - Verification of Adult Death Form
Verification of Adult Death Form
TPP074-0065 - MH Notification Of Cessation MH Detention Treatment Plan
TPP074-0065 - Notification Of Cessation of Detention Treatment from a section under the Mental Health Act 1983
Mental Health Act 1983 Procedure for Associate Hospital Managers Hearings Policy and Procedure (P78)
To provide guidance to Trust staff when considering the use of urgent treatment to patients detained in hospital under the MHA 1983, or subject to a Community Treatment Order.
Appendix 1 - Homely Remedies Knowledge Assessment and Authorisation Form (S16)
Appendix 1 - Homely Remedies Knowledge Assessment and Authorisation Form (S16)
Appendix 6 – SBAR Structured Communication Tool (P83)
Appendix 6 – SBAR Structured Communication Tool (P83)
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?