Pathmanathan Shayanthan, Edgerley Harris Georgina, Townsend Giles
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leatherhead, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2024 Aug 9;49(1):1-5. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2024.54.
The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to identify items to include in the leave form. Then, we determined which publicly available leave forms included each item and reviewed whether the item should be included in the leave form and whether any reformulation was needed.
Using the method described, we identified a list of items that should be included in the leave form. When comparing the leave forms of different trusts, there was considerable variation with respect to which items were included in each form.
We provide some recommendations for future practice regarding section 17 leave forms to facilitate consistency with the Code and between different trusts.
本项目旨在根据当地护理质量委员会的反馈，就17条请假表格提出建议，以反映1983年《精神健康法：实践守则》中的指导意见。我们审查了该守则中的指导意见以及公开可用的请假表格，以确定请假表格中应包含的项目。然后，我们确定哪些公开可用的请假表格包含每个项目，并审查该项目是否应包含在请假表格中以及是否需要重新表述。
使用上述方法，我们确定了请假表格中应包含的项目清单。在比较不同信托机构的请假表格时，每种表格所包含的项目存在相当大的差异。
我们就17条请假表格的未来实践提供了一些建议，以促进与守则以及不同信托机构之间的一致性。
