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This document clarifies the responsibility of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust clinicians and establishes the standards in respect of the theory and practice of venepuncture

This Risk Management Strategy outlines the responsibilities for overseeing risk management activities across the Trust, ensuring that these meet the Trust’s requirements and national standards

Procedure to be followed when the death of an inpatient occurs to ensure that the Trust and individual medical practitioners meet their statutory requirements under the new Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and Medical Examiner Regulations (2024)

The purpose of this policy is to determine the roles, responsibilities and processes for the handling of medicines and related products for all Mersey Care staff involved in medicines-related activities.

This policy is to guide services that carry out invasive procedures in community settings. It is also to guide practitioners providing clinical care to patients within the community setting, following invasive procedures or formation of stoma within hospital settings.

This policy provides practice guidance for all Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust staff. This guidance has been developed based on the document: Reducing the risk of choking for people with a learning disability: a multi-agency review in Hampshire produced by Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board Multi-Agency Partnership (2012) abd Supporting People at Risk of Choking Policy (2016) by Hampshire County Council. This document provides guidelines for staff to help identify when a person may be at risk of choking as well as practice guidelines regarding the choking risk pathway.

The effective management of incidents is an integral part of the way the Trust meets its duty to minimise the risk to its service users, carers, staff and visitors, with the aim of maintaining their health and safety. This policy has been developed to provide a systematic approach to maintaining compliance with all guidance on this topic area.

This policy provides information, guidance and advice on the actions required following an exposure to bodily fluids and inoculation injury to minimise the risk to colleagues of acquiring a blood borne virus

This policy details actions regarding engaging Police to support with serious incidents

This policy has been developed as a resource and framework for healthcare professionals who undertake urinary catheterisation care as part of their role, with adult patient