A number of policies have been reviewed/amended or added to the intranet. A brief overview of the changes is listed below. Please ensure colleagues are aware and know how to familiarise themselves with them.

 

Business Continuity Management Arrangements - read here

Upgrade of policy to include detail of full BCMS requirement, roles, responsibilities and deliverables.

Missing Patients Policy - read here

Updated to incorporate serious incident report recommendations for strengthening internal handover and escalation of incidents and to reflect current West Yorkshire Police Missing Persons’ Policy (April 2017)

Safeguarding Children Supervision policy - read here

Policy reviewed

Safeguarding Adults policy - read here

  • Formal review incorporating current Care Act statutory guidance, current Safeguarding Adults West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and York Multi Agency Policy and Procedures
  • Addition of Sexual Assault guidance
  • Updating of references for other related national guidance
  • Removal of detailed Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards guidance into separate standalone policy and procedures

MCA/DoLS policy - read here

New standalone policy. Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards content has been removed from Safeguarding Adults Policy with aim of raising profile of this legislation and its centrality for clinical practice