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Accessible information standards
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/accessible-information
Interpreting & translation
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-inclusion/interpreting-translation
Patient Safety
Patient Safety is the freedom from harm in healthcare and is a process by which an organisation makes patient care safer.
https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/quality-heart-our-care/patient-safety
Information about your appointment
Everything you need to know before you attend a physiotherapy appointment at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT
Diabetes Education Service
If you have type 2 diabetes, attending an education programme is an important part of your treatment plan.
Files
Disclosure Ref 2024227 - Contact with patients recorded against ICD10 codes.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2024227 relating to contact with patients recorded against ICD10 & ICD11 codes
Disclosure Ref 2025194 - Ambulance call-out requests from stadiums on matchdays.pdf
Freedom of Information disclosure reference 2025194 relating to ambulance call-out requests from stadiums on matchdays
Disclosure Ref 2025175 - Complaints received in 2024 that relate to maternity and obstetric care.pdf
FOI disclosure Ref 2025175 relating to patient complaints received in calendar year 2024 that relate specifically to maternity and obstetric care
Disclosure Ref 2025225 - Name of the Trust's Integration Engine.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to the name of the Trust's Integration Engine
Disclosure Ref 2025378 - Trust’s cybersecurity budget, spending & cyber‑related incidents or breaches.doc
Freedom of information disclosure relating to DCHS’s cybersecurity budget, spending practices, staffing, training requirements, and any cyber‑related incidents or ransom payments.
SOP for Staff Notebooks and the non-use of paper diaries.pdf
DCHS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR STAFF Notebooks and the non-use of paper diaries
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).
Wound Assessment SOP (S62)
The purpose of this document is to provide a clear written procedure for staff to understand what information is required when assessing a wound using the wound assessment template on SystmOne. It will include information about when to refer to different services and key information about individual accountability to the patient in wound care. This document will be available to all nurses in Community Health Services and to new starters. It will provide them with a single reference point for how to assess a wound and action to be taken in the event of problems, concerns or complaints.
Intimate examinations (P87)