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During rollout of Ward Guardian to teams across Community and Mental Health Care Divisions, concerns that the parameters set for some of the metrics are too narrow given day to day realities of a busy team were raised.
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Carol-Anne is a CAMHS Nurse Consultant in our Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services. This November Carol-Anne celebrates 40 years’ service - congratulations Carol-Anne!
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Mersey Care recognises the need to support colleagues, and not only strives to support the mental and physical health but also the wider, social aspects of health and wellbeing.
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Well done to Kate Sanders, Community Mental Health Nurse from the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) who has won Employee of the Month for December. Congratulations to Astley Ward who have won Team of the Month for December.
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The Liverpool and Sefton Perinatal Mental Health Team attended an event in Bootle on 21 March for World Social Work Day.
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Due to reduced resource and business continuity in the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service we have implemented some interim revisions to the entry criteria for Occupational Health (OH) MSK Physiotherapy in order to meet current demand with available capacity.
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Our own new 80 bed mental healthcare service on the site of the old Mossley Hill hospital is coming on brilliantly as these images show.
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Thank you to the staff and patients from our Maternal Mental Health Silver Birch Hub who were filming this week for ITV Granada.
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Colleagues working within perinatal mental health services and others providing psychological therapies are advised that several new forms have now been added to Rio.
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We have been asked by the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a dashboard to support the early identification of patient safety indicators on a mental health ward.
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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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MC01 Overarching Mental Capacity Act
overarching, policy, procedure, mental, capacity, act, MCA,
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MH01 Mental Health Act Over-arching MHA 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. Review and monitoring of the above process.
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MMD-PROC-015 - 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 in-patient 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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SD01 Leave for In Patients managed under Section 131 of the MHA
CORPORATE POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR LEAVE FOR INPATIENTS WHO ARE EITHER MANAGED INFORMALLY UNDER SECTION 131 OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT OR UNDER THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE MENTAL CAPACITY ACT (SECTIONS 5 & 6)
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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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LOC 002 The Role of The Community Mental Health Teams May 21
The policy provides information of the role of Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in Local Services Division
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MH16 Section 136 of Mental Health Act 1983 Joint Agency Policy and Procedure
Section 136 of Mental Health Act 1983 Joint Agency Policy and Procedure
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HR27 Supporting Staff with Mental or Physical Disabilities
This Policy is about ensuring that employees with long term physical or mental health conditions are supported to remain in work and have access to the same opportunities as people who do not have health conditions, in line with the 2010 Equality Act.
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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.