Click on the links below to view or download the guidance documents:  

     Anticogulation Competencies - February 2009

     Coagucheck Anticogulation Competences - February 2009

     RCN Guidance on Restraint - March 2008

     WAST Ambulance Protocol Jan 2009 - Amended Procedure for the Transfer of all Patients with a Suspected or Actual Fractured Neck of Femur Via 999 Ambulance to Acute Hospital                          

     Child Health Promotion Programme - December 2008 to December 2009 (Feb 2011 currently under review)

     SOP for Use of Sharpsguard Clini-Bins - October 2011

     SOP for Blood Glucose v 1.0 - July 2010 - June 2012

     Competencies for Blood Glucose Monitoring v 2.0  - July 2010 - June 2012

     SOP For Management of  Unexpected , Sudden or Suspicious Death - review date August 2012

    Clinical Guideline for the Management of Chest Pain of Recent Onset (non traumatic) - Expires October 2012.   (The Protocal for the management of chest pain is contained in the Clinical Protocols page in section 3)

     Clinical Guideline for the use and monitoring of Low Molecular Weight Heparins (LMWHs) in community hospitals and community settings 

     SOP Just in Case Bags (JICB) for use in End of Life Care by staff employed by NHS Devon Provider Services 

• Appendix 1 Just in Case Bags Prescription Medication and Administration Record 
                   

     SOP  for Peristeen - February 2011- February 2013 

     Guidelines on the Competencies to assess residual Urine by use of Portable Ultrasound in Adults - February 2011- February 2013

     Wound Management and Dressings Formulary - February 2011

     SOP Central Venous Catheters - Review May 2012

     Clinical Guideline for the administration of intra-articular and peri-articular injection therapy by Physiotherapists  - Review January 2013

     Physiotherapy Guidelines for Motor Neurone Disease - February 2011

     Physiotherapy Guidelines for Multiple Sclerosis - February 2011

     SOP Assessment and care of patients wearing Antiembolism Stockings - Review January 2013