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This document clarifies the responsibility of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Clinicians in respect of service users’ physical health care needs and establishes standards of physical health examination and assessment on admission to inpatient wards

WORKFORCE SHARING (MOBILISING COLLEAGUES) IS IN ESSENCE MOVING COLLEAGUES FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE SHARING (MOBILISING COLLEAGUES) ENSURES APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF COLLEAGUES ARE AVAILABLE TO DELIVER SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO PATIENTS AND SERVICE USERS. WORKFORCE SHARING CAN BE NECESSARY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS FOR EXAMPLE STAFFING SHORT FALLS AND DURING BUSINESS CONTINUITY.

The Discharge Medicines Service enables NHS Trusts to send referrals direct to the nominated community pharmacy of patients who are eligible and would benefit from extra guidance around newly prescribed medicines, including a copy of the patient's discharge prescription, aiming to reduce re-admissions to hospital. The automated referral process and eligibility are determined in this SOP.

To provide a framework to support the effective management of personal relationships at work, so that personal relationships between colleagues or between colleagues and patients / service users do not compromise their work or lead others to believe that they might

This procedure has been developed to ensure the effective and safe management of adult patients who are admitted to a Trust inpatient unit with opioid dependence.

This policy is intended to assist with the reduction in fatal and non-fatal pulmonary emboli and reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis in patients admitted to Community Services Division bed based services, through the effective use of thrombo-prophylaxis.

Provide employees with suitable guidance to manage and control the risks to health from substances subject to COSHH and thereby reduce the risk to our employees, patients, visitors, and contractors in compliance of the regulations

This Policy describes the application of the Trust Lease Vehicle Scheme of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. It consolidates all previous policies. The scheme is available to all colleagues who meet the necessary criteria, or where the Trust has agreed a lease car as part of an colleague’s remuneration package. All colleagues will be expected to participate in the scheme if it is deemed to be economically viable.

The aim of the plan is to provide a framework for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to respond effectively, efficiently, and proportionally to major, critical and business continuity incidents that has or is likely to occur with the potential for affecting patients, staff, services, equipment, supplies and/or estates.

The effective management of incidents is an integral part of the way the Trust meets its duty to minimise the risk to its service users, carers, staff and visitors, with the aim of maintaining their health and safety. This policy has been developed to provide a systematic approach to maintaining compliance with all guidance on this topic area.