Hi there Non-smoking environments -how do we meet the requirements of the law without jeopardising care and safety within secure units? The Trust where I work...
Hi, Last year the federal prison system in Canada went non-smoking for both offenders/patients and staff. Implementation of the policy was pre-empted by...
Aloha, I work a State facility with 100 plus with 7 units. We went smoke free about a year ago, surprisingly it went pretty smoothly. The hospital was...
Hi Kath Talking to a fellow Occupational therapist at the Forensic Conference she informed me that Rampton is now a smoke free zone including patients not...
Hi Kath The hospital I work at is based in Wales so we had to implement this by 2nd April. The patients now have restricted access to small ventilated smoking ...
Hi All I work in the North London Forensic Service and we are currently considering our future action regarding the possible ban at present. It is true that...
Hi there, The State Hospital, Carstairs has, for over two years, been implementing structured group and individual smoking cessation interventions (ie. ...
Yas Glad you joined the discussion. This is a tricky topic... I am aware of many initiatives regarding patients to give up smoking, many of which my service...
Hi Kath I'm an OT employed by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (same Trust as Rampton) working in Wathwood Hospital, RSU in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Our...
Hi Kath I'm an OT employed by Nottinghamshire Heathcare NHS Trust (same Trust as Rampton) working in Wathwood Hospital, RSU in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Our...
Hi All I work in high secure and have several patients who are interested in Warhammer as an activity. Has anyone used Warhammer in medium or high secure...
Dear all I am responding (very belatedly) to a thread a few weeks ago with regards to Standards of Professional Practice and whether the Forensic Standards...
Hi Everyone As a service we are looking at how we can involve our service users more in managerial groups and decisions. We already have a User Forum but are...
To be perfectly honest I don't know. I would suggest that you contact the publications dept. if you want further info. I think there are definitely some issues...
Hi You do make a fair point about it being everyone's organisation and we ultimately have a responsibility to feedback concerns. However I think the most...
Hi Emma We have service user reps that are very active at every level of the service from chairing community meetings right through to being part of management...
Hello, I am a newly qualified occupational therapist working in forensics and I am interested in finding out which assessment tools O.T.'s are finding to work...
Hi Everyone I was wondering if anyone has the reference for the article in the journal of Occupational therapy in mental health which was about the graded...
Hi Lucy, You won't get that article through a database. I may have a copy of the article, but I am in disarray from house rennovations that are taking ages...
Hi Kevin Thank you very much you would think after three years at uni and 4 years being qualified i would have the skills to find one article!!! My contact...
Hello all, I'm currently finishing the family work module on the thorn course (Psychosocial interventions with psychosis). I was wondering if anyone in the...
Hello, Just wondering if anybody could give me some tips or ideas about what to expect in an interview for a Band 6 in a high secure setting. All responses...
Hi there, I am very new to MH an love it!, after working in phys dis for 11 years as an assistant OT I took the plunge and studied for the OT degree. And at...
Hi there, I think you pretty much expect the same questions in a standard band 6 interview really e.g. what sort of clinical governance activities you've been...
