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The plan provides clear guidance for the response to an incident involving hazardous material or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) materials which may result in contaminated self presenters arriving at Walk In Centre/Urgent Treatment Centre seeking assistance along with guidance for responding to a suspected CBRN risk during patient visits in the community

To provide information to prescribers, registered nurses and medicines management staff to ensure that zuclopenthixol acetate injection (Clopixol Acuphase®) is prescribed, administered and monitored safely and effectively, as per national guidance and licensed indications, to adult patients in inpatient settings under the care of the Trust.

This plan provides a framework for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to ensure an effective response to new and emerging pandemics

The way staff manage the death of a Service User and how they support relatives is set out in this policy and procedure. The effective management of a death and the support provided to their families is of primary importance and can help all those involved gain resolution and come to terms with their loss in a safe and natural way. This Policy has been developed to provide a systematic approach to maintaining compliance with all guidance on this area. The Francis Report outlined several standards that should be met when a person who has been receiving in-patient care dies which relate to the certification of death and the assessment of whether all could have been done to either prevent the death or improve on the care of that person during the terminal stages of their life. The same standards also apply to Service Users in the community

Mersey Care Mersey Care colleagues should be familiar with the process which must be followed for considering information arising from an allegation or concern about the behaviour of any employee working either directly or indirectly with children or vulnerable adult(s)

This policy is a set of guidelines for using social media to ensure all staff know what they are allowed to and prohibited from sharing and/or posting on social media channels in order to protect themselves, the Trust and its patients.

his Policy defines the framework to ensure the Trust meets its obligations in relation to the Data Protection Act 2018, UK General Data Protection Regulation, Information Commissioner Officer’s Code of Practice for Data Sharing and national guidance from NHS England.

Roles, responsibilities and accountability in relation to safeguarding children Children High Secure Services Clarity about information sharing Definitions of abuse and vulnerabilities Child protection process

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.