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Freedom to speak up animations
We have developed a series of animations based on issues staff have raised a concern about in DCHS. We hope they help you make your decision about whether you should raise a concern.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/my_dchs/how-do-i/freedom-to-speak-up/freedom-speak-animations
New winter ward opens at Ilkeston Community Hospital
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/new-winter-ward-opens-ilkeston-community-hospital
Can you spare a day to cycle for healthy children and a healthy climate? - Ride for their lives 2022
Friends of Buxton Hospitals
Contact the Friends of Buxton Hospitals
https://dchs.nhs.uk/join-us/volunteer-with-us/friends-buxton-hospitals
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
Files
Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service Operational SOP (S157)
The guidance defines what the patient journey through the Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service should look like, including: • How referrals are received • How referrals out of the service are completed (to Tier 2 and Tier 4 services) • Clinical thresholds and triage criteria • Patient flow and program content • Prescribing initiation and transition points • MDT roles and responsibilities • Discharge process It also aims to ensure equitable access, clinical safety and consistency in triage and discharge decisions across localities.
Disclosure Ref 2025257 - Newly-qualified nursing posts Recruitment.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to nursing recruitment figures showing how many newly‑qualified nurses were recruited each year from 2020–21 to 2025–26
Disclosure Ref 2025343 - Artificial intelligence.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to AI systems DCHS uses, what AI procurement has taken place, what governance and ethical oversight exists, how AI impacts the workforce, how AI performance is evaluated, and how data protection and privacy are managed
Disclosure Ref 2025326 - Education training tariff.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Trust’s latest annual education and training self‑assessment report, the total postgraduate medical education tariff received, a detailed breakdown of how that tariff was spent, and whether any mechanisms exist to review the educational value of this funding.
Disclosure Ref 2025404 - Patient Engagement Portal.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to Patient Engagement Portal
Subject Access Request Policy.docx
This policy details the procedures the Trust has adopted for dealing with applications for access to personal records held by Derbyshire Community Health Services, whether formal manual (for example, on paper) or computerised (such as within a clinical system) or information which could be classed as informal which may have been written within emails, text or recorded in Microsoft Teams, for example.
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Policy (P90)
To provide information about the practical help and support that is available to employees of DCHSFT who are currently experiencing domestic abuse, or are experiencing trauma as a result of their past experiences of abuse. This Policy also covers the approach to be taken where an employee’s behaviour towards their family may constitute domestic abuse. Providing this information empowers Managers to take effective, supportive action and reinforces the message that domestic abuse and sexual violence cannot be ignored.
Guidelines for assessing pain in patients with Cognitive Impairment and or communication problems (G203)
Within DCHS 4 pain assessment tools have been provided to help meet patient’s individual needs: PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE – PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (Abbey Pain Scale) PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR USE WITH FAMILY AND CARERS OF PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT DISABILITY DISTRESS ASSESSMENT TOOL (DisDAT)
Development, Approval, Implementation and Review of Patient Group Directions (PGDS) Policy (P5)
The purpose of this policy is to set out a generic framework for a co-ordinated approach to the development and control of PGDs in use in Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) Trust. The policy contains a standard template for all locally developed PGDs. Using the framework and template should ensure that PGDs comply with the legislation and are reviewed and updated every 3 years or in response to updated guidance, stock availability, safety alerts or best practice.
DCHS Safeguarding Supervision Policy (P15)
Safeguarding supervision is recognised by DCHS FT as an important element within clinical supervision and the safety culture. In addition to an individual’s knowledge, skills, experience and training, effective safeguarding practice relies on a professional’s curiosity and vigilance. Safeguarding supervision provides an opportunity to both sustain and foster these qualities and ensure staff are updated on current safeguarding issues, legislation and outcomes of recent Child Practice Reviews (CPR), Serious Incident Learning Reviews (SILR), Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR), and Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR). This policy covers both Adult and Children