Trust Policies

Policies:

• Being Open when Patients are Harmed (178k)
• Best Practice (68k)
• Board Assurance Framework (100k)
• Bullying and Harassment (98k)
• Complaints (141k)
• Confidentiality (194k)
• Conflict Resolution (164k)
• Consumer Involvement in Research (75k)
• Data Quality (56k)
• Dedicated Service (76k)
• Delivering Same Sex Accommodation (154k)
• Deployment of Hospital Volunteers (71k)
• Development of Patient Information (216k)
• Discharge (314k)
• Disposal of Surplus/Obsolete/Condemned Equipment (72k)
• Energy (60k)
• Fire (87k)
• FOI (Freedom of Information) Act 2000 - Handling Requests (81k)
• Handling Lost Property (51k)
• Health Record Keeping (191k)
• Health and Safety (198k)
• Hospital Funeral (57k)
• Information Governance Strategy (62k)
• Information Security Policy (130k)
• Incident Reporting - Management of Adverse Incidents and Near Misses (301k)
• Infection Control (93k)
• Inoculation/Sharps Injury (126k)
• Intellectual Property (94k)
• Learning and Development Policy (901k)
• Learning from Experience Strategy (169k)
• Lone Worker (77k)
• Management of External Agency Visits, Inspections, Accreditation and Resulting Recommendations Policy (58k)
• Medical Devices (210k)
• Medical Devices Training (109k)
• Mobile Phones - Safe Use of (84k)
• Non-Medical Portable Appliance Electrical Safety (50k)
• Patient and public involvement strategy (PPI) (74k)
• Patient Identification (98k)
• Policy Framework (191k)
• Records Management Policy (623k)
• Recruitment and Selection Policy (102k)
• Research Governance and Innovation (194k)
• Risk Management (268k)
• Safe Haven Policy (67k)
• Safeguarding Children Guidelines for Children Presenting to Emergency Department (ED) (68k)
• Safeguarding Children (Policy Framework for) (102k)
• Safeguarding Children Training Strategy (68k)
• Secondment (58k)
• Sickness Absence (140k)
• Slips, Trips and Falls (114k)
• Slips, Trips and Falls (Non Patient) (106k)
• Smoking (48k)
• Serious Untoward Incident (295k)
• Spiritual Healthcare (75k)
• Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation (271k)
• Treasury Management (65k)
• Uniform Policy for Clinical Staff (112k)
• Whistleblowers (76k)
• Work at Height (127k)
• X-Ray Film and Image Retention and Destruction (52k)

Safeguarding Children

The safeguarding of children is a key responsibility for the Trust.  The Board has reviewed arrangements and have assured themselves that:

• The Trust meets the statutory requirements to carry out Criminal Records bureau checks;
• Child protection policies and systems are robust and up to date;
• All eligible staff have undertaken and are up to date with safeguarding training at Level 1 and review other training within 6 months;
• Named professionals clear about their roles and have sufficient time to undertake them;
• There is a Board level Executive Director the Director of Nursing,  with lead for safeguarding, the Board reviews safeguarding at least once a year and has robust audit programmes to assure itself systems and processes are working, including in A&E.

 

Complaints and Other Customer Service

• Access to Health Records Information Sheet (19k)
• Subject Access Procedure - Non Health Records (46k)