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Long COVID Long COVID is a term used to describe the symptoms and effects of coronavirus that last longer than four weeks beyond the initial diagnosis. We have pulled together a range of…
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Care Quality Commission, Quality Review visits, inspection, rated, notice board posters, Trust compliance boards
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Sharing Information for Direct Care Staff are reminded that, when providing direct care to a patient and in order to provide a comprehensive service, relevant and pertinent information can be…
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Lyndsey Ford and Michael Holloway are Mersey Care’s Preceptorship Programme leads, supported by 6 divisional Preceptorship Programme Facilitators. Lyndsey and Michael are both Mental Health…
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Mersey Care is pleased to be able to offer Allied Health Professional degree-level apprenticeships in the following divisions: Community Care, Mental Health Care and Secure Care. Apprenticeship…
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Guidance on the Trust's clinical sign off process, including the serious harm test.
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Your Voice Your Change (YVYC) is a methodology used at Mersey Care to listen to our workforce in more depth than a survey approach allows. Over the years it’s been used to inform our strategic…
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As part of our ongoing work on flexible working, Mersey Care will be aligning to the national NHS England flexible working framework by using Electronic Staff Record (ESR) as a tool to request and…
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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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Dietary referral Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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7 min briefing Mental Capacity Act - Shared Decision Making
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Dietician Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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Mental Capacity Act or Mental health Act
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Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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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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HR27 Supporting colleagues with Mental or Physical Disabilities
This Policy is about ensuring that employees with long term physical or mental health conditions are supported to remain in work and have access to the same opportunities as people who do not have health conditions, in line with the 2010 Equality Act.