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This policy defines the framework to ensure the Trust meets its obligations in relation to Information Governance.

The Age Appropriate Admissions Procedure supports the Age Appropriate Admissions Policy on the management of young people aged 16 – 18 years admitted to Adult Mental Health wards.

All children and young people are best accommodated within age appropriate services. This is in accordance with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice. This policy caters for the exceptional emergency circumstances when consideration is being given to admitting a child / young person 16-18 years of age to an adult ward. This policy must be read in conjunction with the Age Appropriate Admission Procedure.

This policy covers the following key issues: • The circumstances in which consent should be sought • Standard consent forms for significant procedures • Sources of information for service users • Clarification of those responsible for seeking consent • Guidance on refusal of treatment, capacity to consent, use of human tissue and clinical recordings

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Employees need to know the appropriate actions to take in order to protect and safeguard adults from abuse. This policy has been developed to describe the responsibilities of employees and organisation for the recognition and prevention of abuse and clarify the actions to take when abuse is suspected or identified.

An Advance Statement is a document that gives patients and service users the opportunity to write down how they would like to be treated should they become unwell in the future

To ensure that a thorough and consistently high standard is applied to the assessment of clinical risk in order that the risks identified can be managed effectively and safely.