DSFS Updates

We are delighted to announce that the DSFS Patient Catering Team have been shortlisted for the Hospital Catering Association Awards, in the category ‘Catering Service of the Year’ the winners of which will be announced at the Leadership & Development Forum taking place on 20th and 21st of April 2023. The patient catering team work […]

DSFS is proud to be deploying a new digital solution for our Porters and Estates colleagues. Micad is replacing the previous system used, called Backtraq. We are happy to announce we successfully launched phase one the of the solution, the Portering module, on the 30 January 2023, with little to no disruption to services across […]

Following a selection process to fill the vacant Employee Associate Director position; The Board are delighted to announce that Paul Devonshire, Residents Coordinator has been successfully appointed to the role with immediate effect. Paul will join our existing three EADs contributing to the DSFS Board Meetings as well as other company meetings . Please join […]

Welcome to our winter edition of Cable and DSFS Newsletters. I am delighted to bring you both winter editions today, as we head into a new year. This year has been extraordinary for us all, both in work and outside of work, and I’d like to acknowledge and recognise everyone’s support and dedication to our […]

The University of Derby has recognised Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited for being one of the Top 200 businesses in Derbyshire! All businesses on the list have been ranked based on turnover for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 – a simple but powerful indicator of business growth and relative positioning, […]

The Derbyshire Integrated Care System has chosen DSFS to look after the contract and the ongoing support and maintenance for the new Derbyshire Shared Care Record (DSCR). The DSCR is a confidential and secure record of citizen’s health and social care records within Derbyshire.

To allow for the construction of Chesterfield Royal Hospital’s new Discharge Lounge, the ICT & Digital Services team had to vacate a large portion of their accommodation. After considering various options, replacement accommodation has been secured on Holmewood Industrial Park just off Junction 29 of the Motorway M1. The team have moved into offices located […]

Designed to be more welcoming to visitors, suppliers and colleagues, the new ‘Breakout Zone’ which is in the Estates foyer will also contain space for training and education, additional welfare facilities, hot desking pods and a welcoming waiting area. “We want people to visit the Estates department and understand who we are and what we […]

Earlier in the year, the DSFS Clinical Engineering team were nominated for the highly prestigious HSJ Patient Safety Award in the ‘best use of technology’ category. They were pipped to the post by Moorfields Eye Hospital, but we congratulate the team for all their hard work and for making it down to the final six […]