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At Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, we believe in empowering the next generation of finance professionals. Our Finance Apprenticeship Program is designed to provide hands-on experience in a dynamic…
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We are working with our care home staff, residents, families and other partners to deliver services in care homes in a collaborative way so that together we can provide personalised care, improve…
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Talking Therapies As the festive period approaches, many people start to feel a mix of excitement and stress. The lead up to the holidays can be a busy and emotional time, with expectations…
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This Digital Training Hub provides guidance on accessing the digital training required to support your role. You'll find: Overviews of different training methods Our course…
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Support following the Liverpool City Centre incident
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Meet Emma Hindley, Medicines Management Clinical Information Systems Lead
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Meet the team The Communications and Marketing Team sits within Trust Wide Support Services and are responsible for all the Trust's internal and external communications, including all our staff…
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Last updated 5 February 2025 For any HR question, please contact the HR divisional lead/representative for your division.
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Records are an essential part of health and care Records and the information they contain, and the proper management of such records, are vital to the delivery of good quality healthcare services…
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MC01 Overarching Mental Capacity Act
The purpose of this corporate policy and procedure is to provide support and guidance for those working within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This policy reviews and replaces the Trust-wide policy last reviewed in 2020
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MC04 Implementation and Management of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards within the Meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
The purpose of this corporate policy and procedure is to provide support and guidance for those working within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This policy reviews and replaces the Trust-wide policy last reviewed in 2020
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Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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Dietary referral Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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Dietician Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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7 min briefing Mental Capacity Act - Shared Decision Making
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Mental Capacity Act or Mental health Act
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MH01 Overarching Policy and Procedure of the Mental Health Act 1983
The objectives of this policy are to describe the standards expected and the supporting processes for 1 Clinical and administrative application of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). 2 Describing the interface processes that exist between the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. 3 Monitoring the clinical and administrative application of the MHA. 4 Supporting those applying or monitoring the MHA through cross-referencing with the Act’s Code of Practice and other relevant literature, documentation. 5 Review and monitoring of the above process.
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Absent Without Leave (AWOL) Procedure
The purpose of this procedure is to ensure an effective and consistent response to reports of service users who are either detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 (as amended 2007) or under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) as per the Mental Capacity Act (2005) who abscond from an inpatient setting; are absent without leave (AWOL); or fail to return from a period of leave and how to return them safely to the ward if appropriate.
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SA07 HS8 Environmental Suicide Risk Assessment (ESRA)
The purpose of this policy is to describe how the organisation assesses and manages environmental risks for suicide and self harm, including ligatures and ligature anchor points, within all inpatient mental health wards. It is intended to support Trust staff in discharging their duty of care to service users, and to provide consistency and assurance of processes for the Trust.