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This policy ensures the legal requirements of the Medicines Act 1968, in terms of procurement, supply, transport, prescribing, administration and storage of medical gas cylinders are complied with while ensuring that patients who require them have access to medical gases in a timely fashion.

This procedure provides guidance on how the cold chain can be maintained and how it must be monitored. It ensures that all medicines requiring refrigeration are handled, stored and transported in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

This policy describes Mersey Care NHSFT responsibilities and legal obligations to ensure all food practices are safe and compliant with current legisalion and food safety procedures

This policy commits the Trust and everyone working within it to take all reports of sexual misconduct seriously and to act on all reports. A zero-tolerance approach to sexual misconduct in the workplace is crucial to promoting a kind and caring culture.

THE RESPECT, CIVILITY & RESOLUTION POLICY AIMS TO SECURE CONSTRUCTIVELY TIMELY AND LASTING SOLUTIONS TO WORKPLACE ISSUES AND A WORKING ENVIRONMENT, FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND BULLYING AND THE PROCESS FOR MANAGERS AND COLLEAGUES TO FOLLOW IF SUCH BEHAVIOUR ARISES. THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES GUIDANCE, WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION, STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND RELEVANT CODES OF PRACTICE

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

To provide a framework for the implementation of the Prevent Strategy, to ensure the required actions are taken by trust staff in the event of any concerns of concerns of the potential risk to staff, service users/carers/families being drawn into extremist activities.

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 aim of this policy is to provide a framework for the implementation of non-medical prescribing within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. This provides guidance for supervision of independent & supplementary prescribers, and ensures a service need has been clearly identified and that appropriate practitioners are given access to training to become registered non-medical prescribers.

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