| Title |
Last Review |
Next Review |
| Admissions Policy, Procedure and Guidelines |
May-18 |
May-21 |
| Anticipatory Prescribing Guidelines |
Mar-20 |
Mar-23 |
| Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) sampling via needle puncture for Specialist Nurses and Allied Health Professionals |
Apr-21 |
Apr-23 |
| Autonomic Dysreflexia - Guidance on Safe Management of Bladder and Bowel Care Procedure |
Jan-20 |
Jan-22 |
| Bereavement Office Operational Policy |
Nov-16 |
Nov-19 |
| Blood Transfusion Policy for Adult Patients |
Oct-19 |
Oct-22 |
| Blood Transfusion Policy for Neonatal and Paediatric Patients |
Jul-17 |
Jul-20 |
| Cancer Operational and Escalation Policy for Monitoring of Cancer Standards |
Apr-16 |
Apr-19 |
| Care of the Bereaved |
Oct-20 |
Oct-23 |
| Chaperoning Guidelines for Clinical Staff |
Aug-17 |
Mar-20 |
| Communicating Significant News |
Aug-13 |
Mar-16 |
| Consent Policy |
Sep-20 |
Sep-23 |
| Copying patients into clinical letters |
Apr-18 |
Feb-21 |
| Covert Administration of Medication Policy |
Aug-19 |
Aug-22 |
| COVID-19 Operational Policy |
Jul-20 |
Jul-22 |
| CT scans out of hours |
Jan-17 |
Dec-20 |
| Delirium Policy |
Jul-20 |
Jul-22 |
| Dementia Care Policy |
Aug-19 |
Aug-21 |
| Discharge Lounge: Standard Operating Procedure |
Feb-20 |
Feb-22 |
| Discharge Policy for Adults (and Referral Guidelines) |
Jul-13 |
Jul-16 |
| Early Release of the Deceased Patient out of Normal Working Hours |
Dec-20 |
Jan-22 |
| End of Life Care - Guidelines for the discharge of adult patients dying in hours and days |
Mar-18 |
Mar-21 |
| Enhanced Care, Supportive Observation and Therapeutic Engagement Policy |
Dec-20 |
Dec-22 |
| Enteral Feeding Policy for Adults |
Feb-15 |
Jan-18 |
| Epidural Analgesia Policy |
Nov-17 |
Nov-20 |
| Expected Date of Discharge |
May-18 |
May-21 |
| Guidance for Doctors on Post Mortems |
Mar-17 |
Mar-19 |
| Guidelines for Parkinson's Disease |
Jan-19 |
Jan-22 |
| Handling Deaths at Ashford Hospital |
Jul-17 |
Jul-20 |
| Intermittent Boluses and Continuous Infusions of Local Anaesthetics for Acute Pain Management in Adults |
Apr-21 |
Jun-23 |
| Interpreting Service |
Oct-13 |
Oct-15 |
| Joint Access Policy |
Mar-20 |
Apr-21 |
| Learning Disability Policy |
Nov-18 |
Nov-21 |
| Management of the Deteriorating Adult Inpatient |
Nov-19 |
Nov-22 |
| Missing Patient policy |
Jun-12 |
Jun-14 |
| Mittens Policy |
Mar-17 |
Mar-20 |
| Mortuary Viewing |
Sep-20 |
Sep-23 |
| Moving and Handling Policy |
Jun-20 |
Jun-23 |
| Nasal Bridle Policy |
Nov-16 |
Nov-18 |
| Operational Pressures Escalation Level (OPEL) Plan |
Jan-21 |
Jan-22 |
| Organ Donation Policy |
Oct-16 |
Oct-19 |
| Oxygen Policy |
Aug-13 |
Aug-16 |
| Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Policy |
Mar-19 |
Mar-22 |
| Patient Identification Policy |
Oct-19 |
Sep-21 |
| Photographing patients |
Aug-17 |
Aug-20 |
| Pressure Area Management Policy |
Jan-19 |
Jan-22 |
| Preoperative Anaemia Pathway |
Sep-18 |
Dec-19 |
| Protected Mealtimes Policy |
Mar-14 |
Mar-17 |
| Purchasing Medicines for Safety Policy |
Nov-14 |
Mar-16 |
| Resuscitation and ReSPECT Policy |
Sep-18 |
Aug-21 |
| Sampling of an arterial blood gas |
May-18 |
May-21 |
| Serious Communicable Disease Information |
Apr-19 |
Apr-22 |
| Transfer of Adult Patients (excluding Maternity) |
Dec-20 |
Jun-21 |
| Transfer of Mental Health Inpatients |
Jan-19 |
Jan-22 |
| Trauma Operational Policy |
Jun-17 |
Jun-20 |
| Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Policy |
Apr-21 |
Feb-22 |
| Verification of Expected Death by Registered Healthcare Professionals |
Oct-20 |
Sep-23 |
| VitalPAC Operational Policy |
Aug-19 |
Aug-22 |
| Wound Care Policy |
May-18 |
May-21 |
| X-Ray Request Policy |
Jun-17 |
Jun-20 |
