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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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To make sure we are strong for the future we're balancing operational and clinical excellence in our services with innovation. This means that we will: Blend our expertise so that we can provide…
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The Intermediate Care transformation is focussed on enabling and delivering improved, consistent pathways to step up and step-down care. This includes taking a system-wide approach ensuring timely and…
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We are working with our care home staff, residents, families and other partners to deliver services in care homes in a collaborative way so that together we can provide personalised care, improve…
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Our Learning Disability and Autism Strategic plan (LINK to plan) sets out ambitious goals for 2024 to 2028 which are focused on transformation of the delivery of care and treatment with the aim of…
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The End of Life Care transformation is to ensure high quality, person-centered care is offered to all our service users/patients in the last year of life. We will make sure improved delivery of…
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Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) is a high level of practice that integrates four core pillars: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education, and Research. ACPs work across various settings…
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At Mersey Care, we support healthcare professionals to develop into ACP roles while continuing to work. Mersey Care can support staff through structured development programs, providing access to…
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The Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England Developed by Health Education England (HEE), this national framework defines Advanced Practice, detailing the required…
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Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 ran from Monday 18 November to Friday 22 November. The week aimed to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The core theme for the 2024 week…
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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.