Policies

View Trust policies using the dashboard below. Search by keyword or the type of policy (policy category). Please note that you may not be able to access some of the links in the policies - for example, to approved forms and supporting documents - unless you are a Trust member of staff.

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Name of policy Category Ratification Group
Learning from Deaths Procedure Clinical / Clinical - General Quality and Safeguarding Committee
Mental Capacity Policy Clinical / Clinical - General Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 After Care for Detained Patients under Section 117 Policy and Procedures Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Community Treatment Order Policy Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Hospital Managers Scheme of Delegation Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Procedure for Associate Hospital Managers’ Hearings Policy and Procedure Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Receipt and Scrutiny of Section Papers Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Section 4 Emergency Application for Detention Policy and Procedures Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Section 5(2) Doctors 72 Hour Holding Power Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Section 17 Leave Policy and Procedure Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Section 132 Patients Rights Policy and Procedures Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act 1983 Urgent Treatment Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Act Section 5(4) Detention of Informal Patients under Section 5(4) Policy and Procedures Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mental Health Tribunal Policy and Procedures Clinical / Mental Health Act Mental Health Act Committee
Mobile and Camera Phones in Inpatient and Community Clinic Areas Policy and Procedures Clinical / Inpatient Services COAT - Acute Services Working Age Adults
Minimum and Accessible Information Standards for Health Records Clinical / Clinical - General Data Security and Protection Group
NICE Guidelines Policy and Procedure Clinical / Clinical - General Quality and Safeguarding Committee
Tobacco Dependence Intervention and Support Policy Clinical / Clinical - General Quality and Safeguarding Committee
Nutrition and Hydration Policy and Procedure Clinical / Physical Health Care Physical Health Care Committee
Paediatric Community Enteral Feeding Policy Clinical / Children's Services COAT - Children's and CAMHS