Policies A to Z

This policy sets out the expectations and organisational commitments in respect of preceptorship within Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP). The policy describes the preceptorship of non-medical professionally registered staff, including Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s) and Psychologists registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or similar and new or returning Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registrants.

This policy sets out the organisation's policy for the protection of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the IT network and the resources it grants access.

This policy is to guide our staff to ensure effective implementation of national guidance including NICE and National Confidential Inquiries (NCI)

Increasing access to medicines without compromising safety through non-medical prescribing. Includes independent prescriber / prescribing, supplementary prescribing and preceptorship independent prescribing (PIP)

Policy to establish principles for managing organisational change within our Trust in accordance with current employment legislation.

Guidance on meeting the physical health needs of people using our services. The physical healthcare policy provides a minimum standard for physical health needs assessments

How to develop policy, procedure or guidelines.

Guidance on radicalisation and how to safeguard and support vulnerable people who have been identified as being at risk of radicalisation or exploitation from extremists / extremism

Provides a systematic approach to the identification of hazards related to the prevention of slips, trips and falls.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the activities of contractors who are engaged by our Trust are effectively managed to reduce the risk of harm to themselves, to others and to the environment. This policy provides guidance to all our Trust staff who are involved in the appointment of estates contractors.

To inform staff how they can raise concerns about a genuine issue about malpractice in their workplace, whether a risk to people who use our services or other wrongdoing.

The purpose of this procedure is to ensure the safe and effective use of the intervention known as rapid tranquillisation to maintain the health and safety of people who use services and Trust staff.

This policy provides a clear guidance for the Recruitment process, ensuring that best practice is adhered to throughout and to ensure that employment checks are carried out prior to and throughout employment.

Ensures that all research hosted by our Trust complies with the national research and development framework

This document is the Scheme of Delegation for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which sets out those decisions which are reserved for the Board of Directors and those which may be delegated to a committee, subcommittee, or a Director or Officer of the Trust.

This policy describes how staff are supported through the process of retirement and how the requirements of employment legislation are met.