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The core objectives for secure services are to assess and treat mental disorder, reduce the risk of harm that an individual exhibits to others and to support recovery (Appendix 1: NHS Standard Contract for Medium and Low Secure Mental Health Services). The service addresses need associated with a diverse and complex degree of underlying disorders with some being persistent over the lifespan.

To specify the processes we follow across our mid-Mersey commissioned Learning Disability Services to support people with learning disabilities who live in the community and present with behaviours of concern to those provisioning support. Having a consistent and explicit pathway supports equitable expectations for service provision and delivery.

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.

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.

THESE GUIDELINES DETAIL CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH REFERRAL OF NON- MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO REGULATORY BODIES MAY BE CONSIDERED WHILST OFFERING ASSURANCE THAT THERE ARE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ISSUES RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

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.

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 procedure outlines mandatory legal and ethical considerations involved in the prescribing, use and administration of high-dose antipsychotics. It determines the roles, responsibilities and processes for the use of high dose antipsychotics Trust Wide.

This policy outlines the approach to take to manage and implement organisational change