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Seeking urgent clinical treatment - guidance on NHS 111 and urgent treatment centres
A guide on how to access the help you need for new onset illnesses or injuries for which you are seeking urgent help or advice.
DCHS payroll provider is changing!
From 1 April 2022 we're moving from our current payroll provider Shared Business Services (SBS) to a new payroll provider University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS FT (UHDB).
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/dchs-payroll-provider-changing
Industrial Action Update - Issued on 16 January 2023
Ahead of this week’s planned industrial action by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), we’ve developed an in-depth briefing which we hope colleagues will find useful. It also signposts to other helpful sources of information.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/industrial-action-update-16-january
Derbyshire NHS Trust’s annual public accountability meeting - Open to all online
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/derbyshire-nhs-trusts-annual-public-accountability-meeting-open-all-online
Top tips for saving on energy bills
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/show-me/staff-news-my-download/top-tips-saving-energy-bills
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Files
Disclosure Ref 202574 - Procurement process for Patient Transport Service contracts .pdf
Freedom of information disclosure ref 2025/75 relating to the outline of the procurement process for Patient Transport Service contracts
Disclosure Ref 202570 - Medical Temp Staffing supply.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure Ref 202570 relating to Medical Temp Staffing supply
Disclosure Ref 202592 - Mechanical Ventilation & MRIs.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure reference 202592 relating to Mechanical Ventilation & MRIs
Disclosure Ref 2025105 - Pyschology agency spend for the financial year 2023-2024.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 2025105 relating to Psychology agency spend for the financial year 2023-2024
Disclosure Ref 2025113 - Derby & Derbyshire Joint Area Prescribing Committee Traffic Lights Classification .pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025113 relating to Derby & Derbyshire Joint Area Prescribing Committee Traffic Lights Classification
DCC & DCHS Community Support Beds (Referrals, Admissions, Reablement, Discharge and Transfers) SOP (S152)
The purpose of this standard operating procedure is to set out the process that must be followed within a Community Support Bed setting. It covers the referrals into these settings, procedures for ensuring that the person receives a goal-focussed and person-centred reablement experience, discharge planning and discharge/transfers.
Disclosure Ref 2025169 - Tier 3 Weight Management Services.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure Ref 2025169 relating to Non-consultant-led Tier 3 Weight Management service referrals and number of patients starting treatment from April 2024 to March 2025
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.
Guidelines for Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment - Adapted Waterlow Score (G89)
The purpose of this Standard Operation Procedure is to set out the process to be followed to ensure a consistent approach is followed for the assessment of patient’s risks of developing pressure ulcers.
Electronic Clinical Record Keeping Guidelines (G333)
All record keeping, using whatever medium should take account of the need to maintain communication between the multi-professional health care team providing care/treatment for the patient/client. All staff should ensure the correct record is opening by checking three patient identifiers: • The patients name; • Date of birth • And, NHS number/unique patient ID prior to opening the electronic record The following applies to electronic record keeping: The principle of confidentiality is equally important when electronic clinical records are being used, including those sent by email, and should comply with the Trust’s code of confidentiality, e-mail policy and information governance policy. Registered clinical staff are professionally responsible for making sure that whatever system they use it is fully secured and managed in such a way that confidentiality is maintained.