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This policy supports the requirements of the NHS England Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and sets out how Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) will approach the development and maintenance of effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents and issues for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety.

As a Public Benefit Corporation, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is required to have a Constitution outlining how the Foundation Trust conducts its business and holds its meetings, including the Council of Governors (and groups) and the Board of Directors (and committees).

This procedure describes the processes that should be followed for the initiation and maintenance of anticoagulant therapy for a patient during their inpatient admission. It provides guidance on Low Molecular Weight Heparin, vitamin K antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulation treatments in relation to assessing eligibility, contraindications and cautions; consent and counselling; prescribing and care planning; administration and monitoring; discharge planning and obtaining supplies.

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 aim of the procedure is to ensure the safe and effective care planning, prescribing and administration of Buccal Midazolam when prescribed for status epilepticus.

The Strategy outlines how one person can make a difference when raising concerns about how Mersey Care provides care and delivers its services, encouraging people to speak up, for leaders to listen up and for all parts of the organisation to take up the lessons learned from concerns raised - as part of our Just and Learning Culture

This End of Life Care Policy outlines the Trust's commitment to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care aligned with national ambitions. It emphasises holistic care, symptom management, and family support, ensuring seamless coordination across services. The policy applies Trust-wide, guiding colleagues in providing dignified and responsive care tailored to each patient's needs

It is the intention of this policy to provide truist-wide guidance to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to comply with the duty to manage pest activity within the organisation and to comply with pest control related legislation, approved codes of practice, guidance and relevant standards.