Title Last Review Next Review
Admission, Transfer, and Discharge of Adult Patients Policy Apr-21 Apr-24
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 Feb-22 Feb-25
Bereavement Office Operational Policy Dec-21 Dec-24
Blood Transfusion Policy for Adult Patients Aug-22 Feb-23
Blood Transfusion Policy for Neonatal and Paediatric Patients Jun-21 Jun-24
Care of the Bereaved Oct-20 Oct-23
Chaperoning Guidelines for Clinical Staff Aug-22 Jul-25
Compassionate Communication Policy May-22 May-23
Consent Policy Sep-20 Sep-23
Copying patients into clinical letters Apr-18 Feb-21
Covert Administration of Medication Policy Aug-19 Aug-22
CT scans out of hours Jan-17 Dec-20
Delirium Policy Jul-20 Jul-22
Dementia Care Policy Nov-21 Nov-24
Discharge Lounge: Standard Operating Procedure Sep-21 Sep-23
Early Release of the Deceased Patient out of Normal Working Hours Jun-22 Dec-24
Enhanced Care, Supportive Observation and Therapeutic Engagement Policy Dec-20 Dec-22
Enteral Feeding Policy for Adults Apr-21 Apr-24
Epidural Analgesia Policy Oct-21 Oct-24
Expected Date of Discharge May-18 May-21
Guidance for Doctors on Post Mortems Dec-21 Dec-24
Guidelines for Parkinson's Disease Jan-19 Jan-22
Handling Deaths at Ashford Hospital Dec-21 Dec-24
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 Jul-22 Jul-23
Learning Disability Policy Apr-22 Apr-25
Management of the Deteriorating Adult Inpatient Nov-19 Nov-22
Missing Patient Policy - Local Arrangements Apr-21 Apr-24
Mittens Policy May-21 May-24
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 Dec-22 Dec-23
Organ Donation Policy Oct-16 Oct-19
Oxygen Policy Aug-13 Aug-16
Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Policy - Adults Augr-22 Mar-24
Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Policy - Paediatrics Jun-22 Jun-24
Patient Identification Policy Oct-19 Sep-21
Photographing patients Aug-17 Aug-20
Pressure Area Management Policy Jan-19 Jan-22
Preoperative Anaemia Pathway Apr-23 Dec-24
Protected Mealtimes Policy Mar-14 Mar-17
Recording of Vital Signs in Adults May-23 May-26
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 Mental Health Inpatients Jan-19 Jan-22
Trauma Operational Policy Nov-22 Nov-25
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Policy Apr-21 Feb-22
Verification of Expected Death by Registered Healthcare Professionals Oct-20 Sep-23
Wound Care Policy May-18 May-21
X-Ray Request Policy Jun-17 Jun-20