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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 policy covers the following key issues: This policy has been updated with key information from Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and The Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance, issued under this legisation. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the statutory guidance are aimed at statutory and non-statutory bodies working with victims, including children or perpetrators of domestic abuse. It is designed to support organisations, such as the NHS, to identify and respond to domestic abuse, as well as promote best practice. • All Trust staff to have an increased awareness and access to training on domestic abuse and how to respond • Roles, responsibilities and accountability in relation to statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults where domestic abuse is identified • Enable staff to ask appropriate questions about domestic abuse as part of their assessment process • Enable managers and staff to provide support and guidance to staff and service users who disclose domestic abuse • Ensuring appropriate and effective management of allegations of domestic abuse against a health care professional • Clarity in relation to information sharing • Domestic Abuse Practice Guidance has been issued in Appendix 1 to ensure a standarised response to Domestic Abuse across the Trust footprint, rooted in legislation, statutory guidance, evidence and learning.

This procedure provides guidance on processes relating to medicines that staff working within the ICRAS team must adhere, including: • Changing Regular Medicines for Patient’s Admitted to ICRAS • Prompting and Observing Patients to take their Medicines by Health Care Assistants / Health Practitioner Assistants • Administration of Prescribed Topical Medication/Preparations by Trained Health Care Assistants / Health Practitioner Assistants • Transfer of Care From ICRAS to the Care Package Provider where Medication Administration/Prompting is in place • Medicines Reconciliation for patients referred to ICRAS.

The purpose of a Community Treatment Order (CTO) is to allow suitable patients to be safely treated in the community rather than under detention in hospital, and to provide a way to help prevent relapse and any harm – to the patient or to others – that this might cause. It is intended to help patients to maintain stable mental health outside hospital and to promote recovery. A Community Treatment Order provides a framework for management of patient care in the community and gives the Responsible Clinician (RC) the power to recall the patient to hospital for treatment if necessary.

MID MERSEY DIVISION This guidance is intended to specify the processes followed by Adult Learning Disability Teams within Mid Mersey Division. Having a consistent and explicit Triage pathway supports the timely processing of referrals and access to services. In some localities, Triage may be referred to as Duty and the Triage Practitioner as the Duty Practitioner. The guidance sets out the procedures for operating the daily Triage system; the predominant purpose of this system is to screen referrals and queries to the team at the first point of contact with our service. This is to facilitate a timely response to the specialist health care needs of individuals with a Learning Disability.

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.

This document explains the process to identify and minimise work place hazards in order to protect the health of a new or expectant mother and her unborn child

This policy will clearly define Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's process to promote good practice and consistency of information produced during the Clinical Coding Process. This document will help to ensure the quality, accuracy and timeliness of Clinical Coding data. It will consolidate agreed protocols and methodologies and condition-specific coding. It will highlight, promote and enhance the status and role of Clinical Coding.

Occupational Health Department Health Assessment Questionnaire for Night Workers

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Incident Coordination Centre SOP provides an overview of actions required to ensure Incident rooms and associated equipment are fit for purpose