Freedom of Information Request – GHC-20012026-712470
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Do you have any current MPAC trainees?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
a. If yes, how many MPAC trainees do you have?
Our response:
Not applicable.
You asked:
2. Are you employing any Multi-Professional Approved Clinicians (MPACs)?
Our response:
Yes.
You asked:
a. If yes, how many Multi-Professional Approved Clinicians (MPACs) are you employing?
Our response:
One.
You asked:
3. Do your employed MPACs take on Responsible Clinician (RC) roles?
Our response:
Yes.
You asked:
a. If yes, in what setting do they take on these roles? For example, are they acting as RC on an individual level for individual service users, or at a team level for a ward?
Our response:
Team level and for individual service users.
You asked:
4. Do your employed MPACs have any clear supervisory roles for resident doctors?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
5. Do your employed MPACs take on the nominated deputy role for completing 5(2)?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
6. Do your employed MPACs take part on the on call rota?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
7. Do you have a clear policy to determine allocation of psychiatrists or MPACs as the RC?
Our response:
No.
You asked:
8. In cases where the MPAC is acting as the RC but not a qualified prescriber, what mechanism do you have in place to ensure a suitably qualified AC is in charge of prescriptions?
Our response:
There is a policy for this and at the time of taking on the RC role an AC responsible for medication is allocated.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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