Pages
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.
Temporary consolidation of Ripley and Ilkeston Urgent Treatment Centres
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/temporary-consolidation-ripley-and-ilkeston-urgent-treatment-centres
Help us choose the colour scheme inside Belper’s new health centre
https://dchs.nhs.uk/news/help-us-choose-colour-scheme-inside-belpers-new-health-centre
DCHS SIM-swap project – important information for laptop users
DCHS SIM-swap project - 5 weeks to swap out over 2,500 laptops. Mostly laptops that are used by mobile workers (ie clinicians that go in to patients homes).
Files
Disclosure Ref 2025162 - Parathyroidectomies .pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025162 relating to number of Parathyroidectomies were undertaken in 2023
Disclosure Ref 2025140 - Patient Engagement Portal.pdf
FOI Disclosure Ref 2025140 regarding Patient Engagement Portal (also known as a Patient Portal)
Disclosure Ref 2025197 - Patients admitted to A&E for treatment as a result of cycling and pothole injuries.pdf
Freedom of information disclosure reference 2025197 relating to patients admitted to A&E for treatment as a result of cycling and pothole injuries
Disclosure Ref 2025418 - Eating disorder.docx
Your Health Records Leaflet - updated Jan 2019.pdf
Dressing Formulary and Wound Care Guidelines (G68)
The Derbyshire Wound Care and dressing formulary has been revised in collaboration with the East Midlands Wound Care Formulary Group. Work has been undertaken to provide a clinically effective, appropriate and cost effective choices of products to manage the vast majority of wounds. The formulary is available for all practitioners working for Derbyshire Community Health Services and Primary Care Services. It is expected that prescribers will preferentially use the products listed in the guide for routine use and be able to provide robust rationale where they have prescribed outside the formulary.
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.
Child Visiting Policy (P18)
The aim of this policy is to provide a process for staff when facilitating visits by a child/ren to (Derbyshire Community Health Services FT) DCHS inpatient and day case services, including services where patients are detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). Maintaining effective family contact and dynamics has been shown to often be crucial for a full recovery for people with mental health problems. Health professionals must be aware that the needs of the child come first, and they must not be put at significant risk of harm. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with Section 11 of the Children Act 2004. All health professionals and organisations have a key role to play in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Many DCHS services do not directly work with children; staff working within these services may indirectly become involved in the welfare of child visitors as part of their daily case management.
Information about Non-Medical Prescribing 2026.docx