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Our Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPC) is here to help, educate and signpost. Please feel free to stop us when we are out and about on the wards or you can reach us by…
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The Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service has continued its partnership with Knowsley Safari, to bring you new dates for Spring/Summer 2025. Funded by our charity, Mersey Cares, it is a unique…
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Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Relevant specialist routes include: Mental Heath Support; Adult Nursing Support; Allied Health Profession Support; Children and Young…
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The wider benefits of cycling to work Cycling as a form of transport or recreation has many benefits, including improving your health and wellbeing, and reducing costs and carbon emissions. As a…
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The NHS definition of flexible working is: “An arrangement which supports an individual to have greater choice in when, where and how they work.” This may include changes to…
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Young people’s mental health Around one in eight children and young people experience behavioural or emotional problems growing up. For some, these will resolve with…
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Over 75,000 NHS staff experience physical violence and aggression each year. The proportion of lone workers sustaining injury from a physical assault is approximately 9% higher than that of non-lone…
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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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7 min briefing Mental Capacity Act - Shared Decision Making
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Dietary referral Mental Capacity Act flowchart
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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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SA07 HS8 Environmental Suicide Risk Assessment (ESRA)
The purpose of this policy is to describe how the organisation assesses and manages environmental risks for suicide and self harm, including ligatures and ligature anchor points, within all inpatient mental health wards. It is intended to support Trust staff in discharging their duty of care to service users, and to provide consistency and assurance of processes for the Trust.