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Briefing Packs The purpose of the briefing pack is to ensure our staff have an overview of key areas in the Trust along with any relevant positive / good news stories and key…
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The Hospital has been shortlisted for an Architecture Today Award in the category of healthcare.
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The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme started in October 2008 to provide psychological therapy for people struggling with anxiety and depression.
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Financial support In the UK, we’re experiencing a cost of living crisis – costs of things like energy bills or your weekly shop are rising faster than our wages. This means more people…
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Our self care wellbeing Advent Calendar has tips to help you look after your wellbeing during the month of December. Each day there will be a new tip to encourage wellbeing awareness helping you…
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The Definitive Team List (DTL) is our single, centrally managed and cleansed list of teams with a unique code (cost code) and agreed service naming conventions.
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The data captured between 27 January to 2 February, highlights how some of our Trust services are helping to alleviate the ongoing system pressures
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As part of our Help Us Help You campaign to support people over the winter months, listen to Clinical Nurse Jo Nash, who appeared on Liverpool Live Radio last week.
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29 February 2023 Prof Joe Rafferty CBE, Merseycare’s Chief Executive for the last ten years, has once again been listed in the Health Service juornal’s assessment of the most…
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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.