When deciding upon any course of action, all professional staff should act in accordance with the MH of Act’s principle least restriction and to ensure that services impose the least restriction on the Police forces should person’s liberty. consider using unmarked cars to travel to a property to enforce a warrant under S135 of the Act. B8 People in crisis should All agencies All agencies including police or Review the current information sharing expect that statutory services ambulance staff, have a duty to share protocols in place. to to for All agencies share essential ‘need Improve information sharing between agencies essential ‘need know’ information about their the good of the patient, so that the know’ information using agreed risk assessments particularly for needs professionals or service dealing with a those who regularly contact emergency services crisis know what is needed for managing a crisis and any associated risks to the distressed person or others B9 People in crisis who need to CCGs Capacity to be reviewed as part of ongoing be supported in a health service review of CRHT. based place of safety will not CCGs Review specification for Place of Safety be excluded CCGs Review how often Health provided POS is full and alternative POS arrangements have to be sought. B10 People in crisis who present People experiencing MH crisis, who are Consideration of future model as part of the in Emergency Departments exhibiting suicidal behaviour or who are CAMHS re-design. should expect a safe place self-harming, are treated safely, for their immediate care and appropriately and with respect by Check that Emergency Duty staff are aware of effective liaison with MH emergency department staff Eliot/ the NICE Quality Standard and Guidance for services to ensure that they South Warks Self Harm. get the right on-going FT Commissioners to ensure ED departments are support. Clinical staff identify MH problems in suitably equipped to be able to assess patients people presenting with a physical health detained under s136/135. problem and refer them to a GP or specialist help where necessary.
When deciding upon any course of action, all professional staff should act in accordance with the MH Act’s principle of least restriction and to ensure that services impose the least restriction on the person’s liberty. Police forces should consider using unmarked cars to travel to a property to enforce a warrant under S135 of the Act. B8 People in crisis should expect that statutory services share essential ‘need to know’ information about their needs All agencies including police or ambulance staff, have a duty to share essential ‘need to know’ information for the good of the patient, so that the professionals or service dealing with a crisis know what is needed for managing a crisis and any associated risks to the distressed person or others Review the current information sharing protocols in place. All agencies Improve information sharing between agencies using agreed risk assessments particularly for those who regularly contact emergency services All agencies B9 People in crisis who need to be supported in a health based place of safety will not be excluded Capacity to be reviewed as part of ongoing service review of CRHT. CCGs Review specification for Place of Safety CCGs Review how often Health provided POS is full and alternative POS arrangements have to be sought. CCGs B10 People in crisis who present in Emergency Departments should expect a safe place for their immediate care and effective liaison with MH services to ensure that they get the right on-going support. People experiencing MH crisis, who are exhibiting suicidal behaviour or who are self-harming, are treated safely, appropriately and with respect by emergency department staff Consideration of future model as part of the CAMHS re-design. Check that Emergency Duty staff are aware of the NICE Quality Standard and Guidance for Self Harm. Commissioners to ensure ED departments are suitably equipped to be able to assess patients detained under s136/135. Eliot/ South Warks FT Clinical staff identify MH problems in people presenting with a physical health problem and refer them to a GP or specialist help where necessary.
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