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Empowering Mersey Care through QA's Data & AI Skills Academy Designed to meet the unique demands of the healthcare sector, the Mersey Care and QA collaboration delivers innovative…
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Implementation Project
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A guide on how to get support if you have a disability or health condition including mental health If you are disabled, have a physical health or mental health condition your manager can help…
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Mersey Care has a bespoke Trust wide preceptorship programme for all newly qualified nurses and allied health professionals (AHPs). The 12 month supported learning programme will provide all newly…
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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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Our Undergraduate Medical Education Team support medical students and their placements in mental health. If you need any information or support, please contact our Medical Education Team via…
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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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HR27 Supporting Staff 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.