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Dual Diagnosis Guideline (G1)

This guidance describes the objectives that need to be in place to ensure that; DCHS staff have the appropriate skills for working with service users who have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance misuse; and that there is an agreed way forward for working with this service user group.

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.

Policy for the maintenance and management of lifts

Policy for the maintenance and management of lifts, Insurance Inspector, Lift Management, thorough examination, lift servicing.

Disclosure Ref 202207 - Website information.pdf

FOI disclosure

PGN15 Evaluating Quotes & Tenders

DCHS tender process

Self-isolation_and_testing_what_you_need_to_know_now__-_SM_poster.pdf

DCHS Declaraton - Public Bolsolver.pdf

Essential foundation poster quality conversations - 20 February.pdf

A2a - DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY SAFEGUARDS FORM 1 (P35)

Safeguarding Form 1,P35,DoLs

Clinical Harms Review Additional detail for Service Level SOP (S130)

This document should be read in conjunction with the overarching DCHS Standard Operating procedure on Clinical Harms which outlines the processes to be followed to deliver a consistent approach to: • Utilising a proactive method of risk stratification to minimise clinical harm as a result of delays in care. • Embedding systems which consider health inequalities. • Monitoring waiting times against defined thresholds across pathways of care. • Delivering personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care. • Implementing Harm Reviews for the that support the Trusts governance and assurance processes and maintains practice in line with national expectations.