The SA01: Policy Management Framework is your guide to writing/developing or reviewing a policy to ensure it meets with Trust standards.
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Staff are advised to always check that they are using the correct version of any policies rather than referring to locally held copies. The most up to date version of all Trust policies can be found on this webpage.
* Please note that following the acquisition of Calderstones Partnership NHS FT, South Sefton Community Services transaction and the Liverpool Community Services NHS Trust transaction, a number of policies are specific to staff transferring from these services as indicated.
SD52 Assessment and Management of Choking in Adults
This policy provides practice guidance for all Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust staff. This guidance has been developed based on the document: Reducing the risk of choking for people with a learning disability: a multi-agency review in Hampshire produced by Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board Multi-Agency Partnership (2012) abd Supporting People at Risk of Choking Policy (2016) by Hampshire County Council. This document provides guidelines for staff to help identify when a person may be at risk of choking as well as practice guidelines regarding the choking risk pathway.
Divisions
- Trust wide