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Disclosure Ref 202596 - Diagnosis of Essential Tremor.pdf

FOI Disclosure Ref 202596 - number of patients that were diagnosed with Essential Tremor across DCHS

Disclosure Ref 2025134 - Formaldehyde levels.pdf

FOI disclosure ref 202134 regarding number of formaldehyde levels recorded in the Trust’s Histopathology Department

Disclosure Ref 2024172 - Electric, gas, fuel & water meters in the organisation's buildings.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.

Homely Remedies SOP (S16)

Under normal circumstances, medicines should be administered either on the written prescription of an authorised prescriber, in accordance with the Medicines Code or under the authority of a Patient Group Direction. The Medication Optimisation Safety Team (MOST) has approved a list of non-prescription medicines or “homely remedies” that registered nurses and registered practitioners are authorised to administer at their own discretion, in accordance with the attached standard operating procedure, for a maximum of 48 hours (extended to 72 hours over a bank holiday weekend). The homely remedies approved are treatments commonly available over the counter for minor, short-term conditions without the need for a prescription or Patient Group Direction.

Controlled Drugs SOP for Community Hospitals (S47)

This series of Standard Operating Procedures ensures that all processes involving Controlled Drugs (CDs) carried out in Wards and Departments of Community Hospitals are conducted in strict accordance with current statutory requirements that adequate records are maintained and a robust audit trail exists. This includes security, ordering, receipt, administration, issue, balance checking, and return or destruction.

Disclosure Ref 202291 - Organisational Chart.pdf

FOI disclosure

DCHS plan on a page 2022-23

DCHS Operational Plan - on a page 2022-2023 - v June 2022 (Final) includes priorites and outcomes

Action Card for the use of Physiotherapy Aerosol Generating Procedures in Patients with COVID 19 or suspected COVID 19 in ward based areas

Action Card for the use of Physiotherapy Aerosol Generating Procedures in Patients with COVID 19 or suspected COVID 19 in ward based areas

Holiday Footcare Advice for people with 'at risk' feet.pub