Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

“We have recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers (NSMs) across the prison estate to ensure that support for neurodiverse prisoners is consistent across all education, skills and work opportunities as well as the wider prison. One of the main responsibilities of the NSMs is to provide training and support for other prison staff to help them better understand and support those with neurodivergent needs within the prison.”

“The Trust has in place processes and procedures for the co-ordinating of risk assessment information for inpatients. On day to day basis risk is constantly assessed and reviewed and changes to the care plan implemented accordingly, including reviews of engagement and observation levels, response to | treatment, leave and time away from the ward and activity involvement including occupational therapy.”

“The Trust has in place further guidance on undertaking clinical risk assessment which also outlines that effective engagement and communication with and between the service user, their carer(s), other professionals and agencies, underpins all risk assessment and management.”

“The Trust Board closely monitors bed pressures and out of area placements and is continually working with its Commissioners and NHS England to manage the situation optimally.”

“should conduct a root cause analysis investigation jointly with Salisbury District Hospital and the Armed Forces.”

“We are using our supervision processes with staff to communicate these new requirements as well as updating our RiO and information governance training packages”