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The plan provides clear guidance for the response to an incident involving hazardous material or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) materials which may result in contaminated self presenters arriving at Walk In Centre/Urgent Treatment Centre seeking assistance along with guidance for responding to a suspected CBRN risk during patient visits in the community

To provide information to prescribers, registered nurses and medicines management staff to ensure that zuclopenthixol acetate injection (Clopixol Acuphase®) is prescribed, administered and monitored safely and effectively, as per national guidance and licensed indications, to adult patients in inpatient settings under the care of the Trust.

Policy is issued as a framework to support Information Governance and effective health records management.

Mersey Care Mersey Care colleagues should be familiar with the process which must be followed for considering information arising from an allegation or concern about the behaviour of any employee working either directly or indirectly with children or vulnerable adult(s)

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) adheres to the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, The General Data Protection Regulations 2018, Human Rights Act 1998, and other relevant legislation. That the good practice set out in the Information Commissioner’s CCTV Code of Practice is followed, where appropriate and that any CCTV system is not abused or misused and that CCTV is correctly and efficiently installed and operated

This policy is a set of guidelines for using social media to ensure all staff know what they are allowed to and prohibited from sharing and/or posting on social media channels in order to protect themselves, the Trust and its patients.

THIS POLICY DESCRIBES THE APPRAISAL PROCESS WITHIN MCFT. IT ENABLES MANAGERS AND COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND ITS PURPOSE AS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR INDIVIDUAL GROWTH, OBJECTIVESETTING, INFORMING PAY STEP PROGRESSION, SUCCESSION PLANNING AND ITS COMPLIANCE AS A TRUST KPI.

The way staff manage the death of a Service User and how they support relatives is set out in this policy and procedure. The effective management of a death and the support provided to their families is of primary importance and can help all those involved gain resolution and come to terms with their loss in a safe and natural way. This Policy has been developed to provide a systematic approach to maintaining compliance with all guidance on this area. The Francis Report outlined several standards that should be met when a person who has been receiving in-patient care dies which relate to the certification of death and the assessment of whether all could have been done to either prevent the death or improve on the care of that person during the terminal stages of their life. The same standards also apply to Service Users in the community

Roles, responsibilities and accountability in relation to safeguarding children Children High Secure Services Clarity about information sharing Definitions of abuse and vulnerabilities Child protection process