Policies, Procedures and Strategies
Corporate policies
The following documents define what our organisation does and how we do it. Clear policies and procedures support effective decision making and delegation because they provide guidelines on what people can and cannot do, what decisions they can make and what activities are appropriate.
Clinical policies
- Allegations policy *
- Care pathway policy *
- Chaperone policy *
- Clinical audit policy *
- Clinical passenger observer policy and procedure *
- Clinical Photography Policy
- Clinical Practice Supervision Policy
- Clinical supervision during training policy *
- Clinical supervision policy *
- Consent to examination and treatment policy *
- Controlled Drug Policy
- Corporate Induction Policy *
- Domestic abuse policy *
- Infection, prevention control and decontamination policy *
- Frequent Callers Policy
- Learning From Deaths Policy
- Medicines Management Policy
- Mental capacity act policy *
- Mental health policy *
- Patient clinical record policy
- Prevent Policy
- Quality impact assessment policy
- Resuscitation Policy
- Safeguarding adults policy *
- Safeguarding children policy *
- Specialist Practitioner Policy *
- Statutory and Mandatory Training Policy
- Stroke Care Policy
Corporate policies
- Additional employment policy *
- Adverse Incident Reporting and Investigation Policy *
- Being Open and Duty of Candour Policy *
- Central alerts policy
- Claims management policy
- Code of conduct for employees in respect of confidentiality *
- Confidentiality policy *
- Data protection policy *
- Driving and Care of Vehicles Accessible
- Fire and emergency response policy *
- Freedom of information policy *
- Information governance policy *
- Information governance strategy *
- Lifecycle policy *
- Patient Experience Policy
- Safe haven policy *
- Serious incident policy *
- VIP celebrity and visitor access policy *
- Waste management policy *
Health and safety policies
- Alcohol drugs and work policy *
- Asbestos management policy and procedure *
- Bariatric Policy *
- Close circuit television *
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health *
- Display screen equipment policy *
- Employment of young persons at work policy *
- First Aid Policy
- Freedom to Speak Up Policy
- Health and Safety Policy and Procedures
- Home working policy *
- Lone Working Policy *
- Management of violence and aggression policy
- Minimal lifting policy *
- New or expectant mothers policy *
- Personal Protective Equipment Policy
- Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations policy *
- Security Policy
- Slips Trips and Falls Policy
- Smoke Free Policy *
Human resources policies
- Annual leave policy *
- Capability policy *
- Dignity at work policy *
- Discipline and Conduct Policy
- Disclosure and barring service policy and guidance *
- Equal Opportunities Policy *
- Employment Break Scheme
- Flexible working policy *
- Maternity / Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Leave Policy
- Overtime policy *
- Paid Unpaid Leave Policy *
- Probationary Policy
- Recruitment and Selection Policy
- Reservist Policy
- Resolution Policy
- Secondment policy agreement *
- Working time Regulation Policy
Finance policies
- Anti fraud and bribery policy *
- Authorisation guide for managers and staff *
- Business conduct *
- Capital business cases submission and approval process *
- Credit Card Policy
- Disposal of trust assets
- Environmental Policy *
- Grey fleet policy *
- Guide for managers and staff on the authority to incur expenditure and related financial matters policy *
- Fuel cards *
- Lease car scheme policy
- Northern House parking policy *
- Policy for entering into service agreements for new business including variations to existing agreements *
- Staff action on the detection and prevention of fraud and corruption policy *
- Standing Financial Instructions *
- Tendering and quotation procedure
- Treasury management policy investment of surplus cash *
Operations policies
Information management & technology policies
*Accessibility
Please note that some of our documents do not meet the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 due to the fact that we are currently redesigning them to comply with the new guidelines. See our Accessibility Statement page for more details.