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Thank you to everyone who has made a nomination for this year’s Star Awards, we have received more than 800 nominations which you can find below. The details have been taken from the nominations…
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There is a communications plan in place and these pages have been set up to make sure that staff have access to all information around the transformation project. We have met with Alder Hey on a…
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A data flow mapping exercise is undertaken to document the data that flows in, around, and out of information processing systems or services across the Trust. This has a particular focus on personal…
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Joy Okwor is a Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust staff nurse in Longmoor House. She recently completed the NHS Research and Development (R&D) North West England InRes programme which aims to…
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On occasions, information requested under a subject access request by an individual may be exempt from disclosure and not disclosed to them. The common situations are in relation to: …
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An alert notice is a way for an NHS employer to make other bodies aware that a healthcare professional may pose a threat to service users or staff to reduce the risk of the healthcare professional…
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All services in Mersey Care are to access British Sign Language and related communication to support deaf and deafblind people via the specialist provider Signalise Co-op. Services within the…
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PSIRF and the Mersey Care response to patient safety incidents - version 2 coming soon The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) is part of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and outlines…
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Reading materials Nova Reid has written “The Good Ally Book” to serve as a guide for our journey to become anti-racist, supporting us to move from being bystanders to…
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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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7 min briefing Mental Capacity Act - Shared Decision Making
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Dietician 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.