Our Policies

Below you can find a selection of our policies and guidelines. If there's a policy that you'd like which isn't displayed here, please contact us using the Freedom of Information Request Form.

 

Policies and /or procedures relating to the conduct of business and provision of services

Being Open Policy
Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedure
Safeguarding Adults Policy
Clinical Risk Management and Assessment Policy
Infection Prevention and Control Policy
AWOL Policy
Public Interest Disclosure Act Policy
Standing Orders Reservation and delegation of Powers and Standing Financial Instructions

 

Policies and /or procedures relating to HR, recruitment and employment

Equality and Diversity Policy
Single Equality Scheme
Verification of Professional Qualifications and Registration Policy
Dignity at Work Policy
Public Interest Disclosure Act Policy
Disciplinary Policy Procedures
Flexible Working Options Policy
Policy for Staff with Carers Responsibilities
Policy on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Pre and Post Employment Screening Policy
Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff & declaration of Interest Policy

 

Complaints and other customer service policies and/or procedures

Policy on Complaints and Concerns
Procedural guidance on complaints
Clinical Risk Management and Assessment Policy

Child Visitors Policy
Smoke Free Policy
Confidentiality Code of Conduct
Information Governance Policy
Records Management Policy
Freedom of Information Policy
Information Security Policy
Anti Fraud and Corruption Policy
Patients Property Policy and Procedure

Smoke Free Policy

Policies and / or procedures relating to Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

Mental Health Act

Advance Statements for Service Users
Advance Statements Staff Guide
AWOL Policy
Child Visitors Policy
Children and minors on adult wards
Clozapine and other treatments requiring blood tests under the provisions of the Mental Health Act
Code of Practice Guidance for Commissioners

Code of Practice
Conveying Protocol
Documentation for Recording the Use of Section 136 and Section 136
ECT Guidance
Guardianship Guidance for Staff
Guidance for SOADs on giving reasons
Guidance on the identification and rights of nearest relatives
Guidance on the imposition of treatment when consent refused
Hospital Managers Guidance
IMHA Procedural Guidance
Independent Hospitals and the Mental Health Act 1983
Leave for Informal Patients - Policy and Procedural Guidance
Leave of absence and transfers under the MHA 1983
Legal Framework Children
MHAC Consent Guidance for Commissioners
Nearest relatives of Non-UK residents
Nearest Relatives Order to Discharge
Nurses and the administration of medicine for mental disorder
Patient Telephone Policy
Patients' Rights Policy
Personal Search Policy
Policy and Procedure Applications for Detention in Hospital
Policy Medical Treatment for Mental Disorder
Policy on Advance Statements and Advance Decisions
Policy on Supervised Community Treatment
Policy Re S135
Professional consultees for second opinions
Psych consensus statement - guidance for Commissioners
Reference Guide
Renewal of Detention Guidance
Scrutinising and rectifying statutory forms
SCT A Guide for Practitioners
Seclusion Policy Jan 2010
Section 136 Joint Policy
Section 17 Leave Policy
Section 5(2) Policy
Section 5(4) Policy
The treatment of Anorexia Nervosa under the Mental Health Act 1983
Treatment Guidance - SCT
Use of the mental health act 1983 in general hospitals without a psychiatric unit
Visitors Policy

Voting rights of detained patients

Mental Capacity Act

CABIP tool 2009
DOLS Policy and Procedural Guidance
MCA Code of Practice
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Policy and Procedural Guidance