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Supporting newly registered/qualified or return to practice health and social care professionals (preceptees) is critical if we are to deliver consistently high quality care to people who use our services. Ensuring that preceptees are supported through he transition from student to qualified practitioner is an important organisational priority which is reflected in this policy.

The policy provides detailed information in relation continence care, catheter care, digital rectal examination and Children’s bladder and bowel health care, for colleagues working within the Community Services Division

This document provides Trust staff working on wards with guidance about the use of Rapid Tranquillisation. It determines the main provisions of appropriate use of Rapid Tranquillisation, use of associated medication and the roles and responsibilities of staff to ensure a consistently safe and effective approach to the use of rapid tranquillisation for the shortterm management of violence and aggression; ensuring that patients are informed at each stage of the process and if treatment is necessary ensures that individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

The purpose of this SOP is to provide structured guidance for clinical and non-clinical staff utilising tasks within EMIS Web; the electronic patient record system.

The purpose of this policy it to provide information and guidance to Mersey Care NHS Trust directors, managers and staff on their responsibilities concerning health and safety at work. This policy applies to trust employees and anybody who is or may be impacted upon by work activities of the trust. The trust has a duty to ensure that all workplace risks are managed appropriately. This policy has been developed in line with guidance from the Health and Safety Executive. The scope of this policy applies to all activities and functions undertaken by, or on behalf of the Trust.

TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRUST TO SUPPORT COLLEAGUES WITH PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CONCERNS; ENCOURAGING COLLEAGUES TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE WORK STANDARDS AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION AND THE TRUSTS STAFF CHARTER.

This Procedure is issued as guidance on when and how a paper document can be scanned and attached to an electronic record. This Procedure is intended to ensure that when paper documents are scanned they are scanned in accordance with British Standards Institution (BSI) BS 10008:2008 ‘Evidential weight and legal admissibility of information stored electronically’.

This document is for Mental Health Care, Secure & Learning and Disability Care and Community Care Divisions and clarifies the responsibility of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust clinicians in respect of patients’ physical health care needs and establishes standards of physical health examination and assessment in clinical services

This procedure sets out the standards required for positively identifying adult patients/service users with the aim of reducing and, where possible, eliminating the risk and consequences of misidentification and ensuring correct positive patient/service user identification occurs.

The core objectives for secure services are to assess and treat mental disorder, reduce the risk of harm that an individual exhibits to others and to support recovery (Appendix 1: NHS Standard Contract for Medium and Low Secure Mental Health Services). The service addresses need associated with a diverse and complex degree of underlying disorders with some being persistent over the lifespan.