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The Choice of Medication website and Information for Patients with a Learning Disability are great for finding out more about medication used to treat mental illness and learning disability, and…
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The leads for this workstream are Brent Ramsell and Lisa Simpson. Complete a review of all CYPMHS estates and scope community estates / LA etc to support delivery / Thrive model and offer…
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Everyone in the MHLT would like to Wish Nita a very happy birthday and wonderful retirement!
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Government has publicly declared 19 September as a bank holiday which means that Mersey Care will deliver services as we would on a typical bank holiday.
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Nichola Thomason and Lyndsey Ford are Mersey Care’s Development Leads. Both Nichola and Lyndsey are Qualified as Mental Health Nurses who have a passion for improving patient outcomes through…
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Message from Prof Joe Rafferty
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Dear Colleague, I wanted to updated you all on developments that have and are occurring within the Trust’s Freedom to Speak Up team with the aim of it being able to continue to offer as much…
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Change of contact numbers
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Today is zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Day. FGM is a violation of women’s and girl’s human rights and is illegal in the UK.
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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.