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Today (Friday) our Centre for Perfect Care clinical director Dr Jennifer Kilcoyne is speaking to the World Health Organisation. The WHO are keen to hear how Mersey Care is leading training on de-escalation of crisis situations in secure settings. Jennifer is speaking to international experts alongside Gavin Harding MBE from NHS England at their Quality Rights international webinar in a session which was opened by human rights experts from Switzerland.
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The virtual event will provide opportunity to hear an overview of the past year at the CCG and to hear about the future of health and social care services in south Sefton.
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has updated their Areas of Research Interest (ARIs). They focus on areas of strategic policy importance to DHSC.
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Calling all staff who undertake operational (bronze) and tactical (silver) on call manager roles.
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A decade after the publication of a landmark review of the health and social care clinical support workforce, a new study of this critical part of the NHS workforce by King’s College London has been launched.
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Dying Matters is a significant event that encourages healthy conversations about death and dying. This year, it commences on 6 May 2024, and the theme is ‘The way we talk about Dying Matters’. It focuses on the language we use when discussing death, dying, and grief.
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All Trust clinical staff, and those with social contact with patients, working in inpatient areas can now revert to twice weekly testing and all swab boxes.
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The Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) welcomed the recent Department of Health and Social Care publication of guidance for frontline staff to support them in understanding how and when they should share information about patients where this may help prevent suicide and therefore save lives.
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The UK Health Security Agency North West has identified a small number of confirmed measles cases in the Greater Manchester area.
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Navneet Kapur, Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University of Manchester and honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Mersey Care led this important research which looked at suicide risk in over 400 000 personnel who had left the UK Armed Forces over a 23 year period.
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SA07 HS14 Lone Working - forms in word
editable word doc / forms
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SA07 - HS13 Violence Prevention and Reduction
This policy is designed to provide comprehensive guidance and advice to all Mersey Care staff on the management of incidents of people who are displaying behaviours of concern. This policy, its procedures and associated working groups will enable the Trust to fulfil its responsibilities to report under the relevant statutory requirements.
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MMP26 High Dose Antipsychotic Therapy HDAT
This procedure outlines mandatory legal and ethical considerations involved in the prescribing, use and administration of high-dose antipsychotics. It determines the roles, responsibilities and processes for the use of high dose antipsychotics Trust Wide.
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SA07 HS16 Driving Safely at Work
The Policy provides appropriate guidelines to ensure that the Trust complies with its statutory duties to manage the risks associated with Driving at Work. The principles of this policy shall apply to all work situations where driving is involved. Whilst driving for work purposes, staff must comply with road traffic legislation, be conscious of road safety and demonstrate safe driving and other good road safety habits.
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HR44 Hybrid Working
THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO DEFINE THE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR HYBRID WORKING AND ENSURE THEY ARE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TRUST. THE POLICY ALSO AIMS TO SIGN-POST COLLEAGUES TO OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION, NOT UNIQUE TO HYBRID WORKING BUT, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN MAKING DECISION ABOUT NEW WAYS OF WORKING.
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IT12: Information Governance & Information Risk
This policy is issued as a framework to support Information Governance. This document is presented in a standard structure and format. it will be made available in appropriate, alternative languages and formats on request.
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HR23: Management and Production of Staff Rosters
This policy aims to ensure that service user's safety is the primary objective of all Trust rosters. All rosters have to ensure that the staffing level and skill mix required for the safe and appropriate care of service users is available at all times; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The roster must ensure a fair and equitable distribution of shifts to all colleagues.
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SA07 HS17 Manual Handling - forms in word
editable word doc / forms
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HR05: Learning and development
Policy and procedure for learning and development (Education) - This policy aims to describe the Trusts procedures for the Learning and Development Service
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Policy Template
Template to be used for all policies, procedures, guidelines, SOPs