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This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) defines the Trust’s framework for safety huddles, fostering a culture of safety in which all staff are encouraged to contribute. It aims to establish a standardised process that supports enhanced communication, optimises patient flow, ensures effective resource allocation, promotes proactive risk management, and facilitates continuous learning and improvement.

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 document is intended to provide professional guidance to those involved in assessing, maintaining, and providing services to meet the health needs of Children in Care and Care Leavers

This procedure allows trained and authorised registered nurses to administer from a limited list of medication to hospital inpatients without being prescribe by a doctor, in situations where a delay in administration would be detrimental to the patient.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the clinical governance and operational guidance for the use of the Palliative Care Drug Authorisation Form within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust’s community services. It supports safe, timely, and person-centred administration of palliative care medications by registered healthcare professionals. The SOP ensures alignment with national frameworks, promotes consistency across care settings, and supports multidisciplinary collaboration to optimise symptom management and uphold patient dignity at the end of life

This procedure provides guidance and encourages best practice in relation to the safe preparation and administration of medicines to enhance patient safety and minimise the risk of errors.

THIS POLICY STATES THE TRUST’S COMMITMENT TO OPENNESS, WHICH INCLUDES ENCOURAGING OUR COLLEAGUES TO RAISE THEIR CONCERNS WITH WHAT THEY SEE HAPPENING AT WORK.

The aim of the procedure is to ensure the safe and effective care planning, prescribing, and administration of buccal midazolam for status epilepticus and repeated/cluster seizures.

The objective of this policy is to describe the framework for managing Clinical Audit and describes:- • The duties of all parties within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust • The development of the Clinical Audit Plan • The Clinical Audit Process • The process for monitoring compliance with the standards of the policy