Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ - Waikato Mental Health & Addiction Policy Set
This policy set was released in a 2024 Offical Information Act Request (as part of wider to work of the lived experience community to ensure people are able to give informed consent to treatment).
Policy | Lived Experince Summery | Download |
Access and Management of Crisis Respite | ||
Advance Directives | Overdue for review - Aug 2020 | |
After hours assessment and Admission of Children and Youth to the HenryRongomau Bennett Centre and Starship | Overdue for review - June 2023 | |
Alcohol and Drug Assessment and Stabilisation Beds at Waikato and ThamesHospitals | ||
Appointment Planning and Did Not Attend Management with Tāngata Whaiora | ||
Assaults or Threats towards Mental Health and Addictions Service staff | ||
AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) | ||
BAO “Be aware of” – Crisis Assessment and Treatment Service | ||
Bedroom Access for tāngata whaiora – Puna Awhi-rua and Puna Maatai | ||
Clinical Psychology Referrals and Waiting List Procedure | ||
Communication Strategies to support safe and effective clinical handover and riskcommunication / escalation within teams by Acute Adult, Forensic and MHSOPservice staff | ||
Courtyards In OPR1 | ||
Courtyards | ||
Disclosure of forensic and/or criminal history for tāngata whaiora in vocationalrehabilitation | ||
DUNDRUM Toolkit Use on the Recovery Pathway in Puawai | ||
Duress alarm use and management inpatient Mental Health and Addictions | Over due for review Feb 2022 | |
ECT Consultation Feedback Record | ||
Electroconvulsive Therapy | ||
Emergency Response Mental Health and Addictions Community Bases | ||
Food Safety in Puna Whiti, Puna Taunaki and Ward 41 | ||
Home / Community Visits | ||
Keyworker | ||
Leave – Adult Mental Health Inpatient Wards and OPR1 | ||
Leave – Puawai Inpatient wards | Overdue for review - May 2023 | |
Levels of Observation across all Mental Health and Addiction Inpatient Services | ||
Management of Mental Health Service Users / Tāngata Whaiora in Waikato Hospital | ||
Mental Health & Addictions Services, Integrated Care Pathway | Overdue for Review - June 2022 | |
Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) | ||
Pharmacological Management of Behavioural Disturbance in the Acute Psychiatric Setting | ||
Prescribing and Monitoring Clozapine Treatment | ||
Professional Supervision for Registered / Enrolled Nurses in the Mental Health and Addictions Service | Overdue for Review - April 2023 | |
Puawai Internal Security | ||
Recovery Planning | ||
Requests for weekend physical monitoring of service users commencing Clozapine treatment | ||
Safeguarding Assets (property, cash and cash assets)Mental Health and Addiction Services community sites, Te Whatu Ora – Waikato | ||
Searching of mental health tāngata whaiora in relation to illicit substances / dangerous articles | ||
Seclusion | Over Due for Review Aug 2023 | |
Seeking advice and or assessment from Senior Medical Officer (SMO) andResident Medical Officers (RMOs) at the time of initial mental health crisisassessment | ||
Sensory Modulation | ||
Service user / Tangata whaiora Participation | Over Due for Review Jun 2023 | |
Sexual Safety on Inpatient Units procedure – November 2023 | ||
Sexual Safety on Inpatient Units | ||
Transport and Escort of tāngata whaiora | ||
Use of Personal Restraint across Mental Health and Addictions Inpatient Settings,inclusive of OPR1 | ||
Use of Purchasing Cards (P cards) | ||
Use of Safety Garments in the Inpatient Acute Adult and Forensic Mental Healthand Addictions Service | ||
Visiting Adult Inpatient Mental Health Wards and OPR1 | ||
Whānau Inclusive Practice | Overdue for Review - Nov 2023 | |
Whānau Participation | Overdue for Review - May 2022 | |
Working with Risk: Assessment and intervention for tāngata whaiora engaged withMental Health and Addictions services who present at risk of harm to self or others |