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healthcare staff. There should not be an expectation that the police will remain until the assessment is completed. Partner organisations are clear about respective roles and responsibilities in that responses to people in crisis Training Community links with Agency Training overseen by Governance structures To ensure people with mental health issues are referred to specialists. are risk based, personalised, proportionate and safe, and that a guiding principle is to choose the restrictive option, for example not choosing to detain someone when there is a viable alternative option. Services SPA Access Teams Triage Teams MASH Arrangements are in place for escalation to more senior staff in case of disagreement. Section 136 Policy Identified Leadership within Staffordshire Police, Health, WMAS Staffordshire Police Issues are resolved quickly and fairly. Staffordshire Police Governance Structures. Custody, Mental Health and Vulnerability Steering Group Strategic Partnership Groups Health & Wellbeing Boards Lesson learned are used to promote best practice. Relationships with Partners are maintained. Objective Action Led by Outcomes When deciding upon any course of action, all professional staff should act in accordance with the Mental Health Act’s New Recruit Training Targeted Training to specific Staffordshire Police Police Officers and Police Staff will act in accordance with the Mental Health Act principle of principle of least restriction and to ensure that the services impose the least restriction on the person’s liberty. This units including Custody, Contact Services, Frontline Response. least restriction. Unmarked vehicles will be used includes avoiding the stigmatising appearance that a mental health crisis is a Training by Health service for the purpose of carrying out Section 135’s crime, for example, police forces should consider using unmarked cars to travel to within Criminal Justice.
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