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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 POLICY IS TO INFORM MANAGERS AND COLLEAGUES OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REGARD TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF COLLEAGUES FROM THE RISKS OF WORKING EXCESSIVE HOURS BY APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WORKING TIME REGULATIONS 1998.

This document provides the Trust’s contingency framework for managing electrical power outages and should be used alongside service Business Continuity Plans, with invocation of the Incident Response Plan (IRP00) when impacts exceed normal business continuity arrangements.

This procedure provides guidance to Trust Staff who will carry out audits to monitor and assess the compliance with patient group direction (PGD) requirements for the supply or administration of medicines via PGD.

This procedure aims to ensure all community nursing staff are aware of the process for the use of electronic Patient Specific Directions (PSD), authorising the administration of medication via the EMIS GP prescribing system. This procedure will support the community nursing service to administer medication safely to patients in line with regulatory requirements.

THE RESPECT, CIVILITY & RESOLUTION POLICY AIMS TO SECURE CONSTRUCTIVELY TIMELY AND LASTING SOLUTIONS TO WORKPLACE ISSUES AND A WORKING ENVIRONMENT, FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND BULLYING AND THE PROCESS FOR MANAGERS AND COLLEAGUES TO FOLLOW IF SUCH BEHAVIOUR ARISES. THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES GUIDANCE, WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION, STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND RELEVANT CODES OF PRACTICE

This policy describes the ownership of inventions, innovations (intellectual property) when created by employees of the Trust as provide in legislation.

NEW AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS RISK ASSESSMENT

Corporate Data Protection General Data Protection

1.1 The aim of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to ensure a system is in place for assurance that inpatients in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust are given protected time to eat and drink at mealtimes throughout the day.