The names of the relevant policies which support staff that have experienced violence from service users or their carers.
Policies to support Staff Assaulted by Patients / Carers
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Copy of Trust Policy
Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment / Lasting Power of Attorney
Freedom of Information Request
1. Do you have a policy (or policies) which outlines the responsibilities of health and care professionals and the Trust towards a patient who has an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) or Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for Health and Welfare?
This document might include:
– how an ADRT/LPA should be used in decisions about a person’s treatment,
– what to do if there are doubts about the validity and/or applicability of the document,
– how to involve Health and Welfare Attorneys when making treatment decisions
– how or when decisions will be referred to the Court of Protection
If yes, please share a copy with us in any available format.
2. In the event that a patient or family member, or someone using the Trust’s services has a concern about the implementation of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) or a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for Health and Welfare, does the Trust/Health Board have a documented process or course of action that would be provided to the person to allow them to resolve their concerns?
If yes, please share a copy with us.
If this information is covered within a policy you have included in the response above, please leave blank.
3. Do you have a named individual who is responsible for overseeing the Trust’s compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005?
If yes, please share their contact details.
Ultrasound Policy
Hello, earlier in the year I requested the trust abortion policy. I am looking through this and it states to read with the ultrasound policy- could I please request this?
A&E MRI Scan Referrals Guideline Procedures
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to A&E MRI scan referrals guideline procedures.
· What are A&E guideline procedures for referring patients to MRI scans?
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1. Has the trust received written advice or guidance from NHS England setting out how to comply with the NHS sexual safety charter? Please answer yes or no.
1.1 If yes, please set out what advice or guidance NHS England provided, or provide a copy of it.
2. Point 10 of the NHS sexual safety charter states: “We will capture and share data on prevalence and staff experience transparently.” If you answered yes to question 1, has NHS England provided written advice or guidance as to how the trust should record the prevalence of unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour in order to comply with point 10 of the charter? Please answer yes or no.
2.1 If yes, please set out what advice or guidance NHS England has provided, or provide a copy of it. Specifically, please clarify whether this guidance prescribes what sexual harm data the trust should record, and how to record it? For example, does it stipulate that the trusts should record specific categories of sexual harm, such as patient-on-staff or staff-on-patient incidents? If so, please provide details.
3. If the trust has received no guidance from NHS England as to how to record the prevalence of unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour, how does the trust currently record these incidents?
3.1 Does the trust record and centrally collate all types of sexual safety incidents? Please answer yes or no.
3.2. Which of the following categories of incidents does the trust record and centrally collate. Please answer yes or no:
• Patient-on-staff incidents
• Staff-on-staff incidents
• Patient-on-patient incidents
• Staff-on-staff incidents
• Visitor-on-staff incidents
• Visitor-on-patient incidents
• Patient-on-visitor incidents
• Staff-on-visitor incidents
3.3 Does the trust record any other categories of incidents, such as incidents perpetrated by members of the public? If so, please provide details of these categories.
4. Is the trust fully compliant with all 10 points of the sexual safety charter?
4.1. If yes, when did the trust become fully compliant?
4.2 If no, what points of the charter has the trust yet to comply with; and when does the trust expect to become fully compliant with the charter?
5. Has the trust’s compliance with the charter been assessed or audited by NHS England? Please answer yes or no.
5.1 If yes, what were the findings of that assessment or audit? Was the trust deemed to be fully compliant, partially compliant or not compliant?
5.2 If yes, when was the assessment or audit carried out and when did the trust receive its findings?
6. Has the trust undertaken any internal audits or assessments of its compliance with the sexual safety charter? Please answer yes or no.
6.1 If yes, what were the findings or this assessment or audit?
6.2 If no, does the trust have plans to conduct an audit or assessment of compliance?
6.3 If you answered yes to 6.2, when does the trust plan to conduct this assessment or audit of compliance?
7. Does the trust keep centralised records of child abuse committed on the trust premises? Please answer yes or no
8. Which incident and risk reporting system does the trust use to record sexual unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour? (For example, Datix or Ulysses.)
9. Has the trust appointed a domestic abuse and sexual violence (DASV) lead? Please answer yes or no.