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Supporting you to stay well over the winter period Winter can be a challenging time for our workforce. While caring for our communities, teams and colleagues, it's important for us to manage our own…
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The origin of the word ‘blog’ is as an abbreviation for ‘web-log’ – that is, an online diary. Our blogs are being developed to communicate informally with our…
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Please find below a list of contact information for members of the team:
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Debt Awareness We know money and mental health are intertwined. 95% of people in the UK worry about their financial situation and say that it has a negative impact on their wellbeing. …
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An Evidence Based Framework for Accessible Information The easy read standard sets out evidence based principles for creating easy read information. It is grounded in more than 30 years of…
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Implementation Project
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Menopause Support Made Simple We’re making our menopause support offer more accessible so more colleagues can join in. Starting in January, we’ll be introducing Mini Menopause…
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Meet Catherine Salter, Senior Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer, Medicines - Replenishment Team
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What is speaking up? Speaking up is about anything that gets in the way of providing good care. When things go wrong, we need to make sure that lessons are learnt and things are improved. If we…
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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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7 min briefing Mental Capacity Act - Shared Decision Making
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Dietary referral Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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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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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.