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Meet Samantha Hewitt-Williams, Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Clinical Trials What inspired you to follow your current career path? I didn’t set out to pursue a career in pharmacy;…
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We provide psychological treatments, called talking therapy, to help people with common mental health problems such as feeling stressed, feeling low in mood (depressed) or very nervous (anxiety).…
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Good nutrition and hydration are a priority in supporting people’s health and wellbeing and ultimately our patients and service user’s rehabilitation and recovery. We embrace a culture…
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The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health provides recommendations for improved patient safety in mental health settings and reduced patient suicide…
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The lead for this workstream is Lisa Simpson. Complete the CREST demand and capacity modelling in all CYPMHS Complete safer staffing benchmarking Standardise caseload numbers and ensure…
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Mersey Care recognised the need for improved mental health services for children, young adults and young adults transitioning to adulthood in our region. The goal of the new process is to provide a…
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Updating of the clinical division’s organograms Our standard operating procedure illustrates the process for the clinical organograms to be updated on a monthly basis. The…
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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 or Mental health Act
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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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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.