Hi All, Has anyone used ECDL as a qualification course for patients? We are looking into adapting our IT provision to offer qualifications and on first...
Hi We are hoping to start an in-house library service and would welcome advice from anyone who has already done this, particularly in respect to the way the...
I noticed a message asking about a group in the Northwest. There is a group calling itself North West Occupational Therapists working in Secure Services (...
Hi Watson, Sorry it took me a while to respond to your e-mail, but I wasn't quite sure if my response would suit your request. I have 2 copies of the 'Teach...
Hi We are currently having a debate within our Medium Secure if it is an appropriate idea for wards to have SKY TV. Can anyone share their experiences of the...
Hi again Another debate we are currently having within our MSU is whether there should be a limit on the size of TV pts have in their rooms. Rooms are small...
When our unit first opened patients had access to Sky TV and all channels in the main lounge. This was then changed to Freeview TV top box with limited ...
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Hi Kath I've worked in units where the patients have had Sky TV in their rooms and I can honestly say it had no impact at all in terms of reducing attendance...
Hi Kath (again) Our patients are encouraged to purchase smaller TV's, purely due to very much like your own place ,the rooms are small and compact. Smaller...
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Hi We have uncovered some issues to do with patients having free view boxes in their rooms; a particularly enterprising patient managed to record the 10 minute...
One last thing to pick peoples brains about.... We are planning to have Internet access for our pts within OT sessions. Does anyone have any policies or...
We currently have access to BBC website only. This is accessed through our patient library and is over seen by the OT's and library staff. Currently the...
Hi Kathryn, We have not had the two issues arise that you have outlined but we are experiencing a few 'problems' with technology, hence a consultant and I have...
Hi there Kath, just a bit of a heads up on thinking about the sites you choose and monitoring access... the last unit I worked at also had access to the BBC...
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Does anyone have policies about limiting food intake on wards? Like in most other Units weight is now a major health hazard. Since the new capacity act we feel...
Hi Kath, We are poised to go on line with 17 broadband pcs across our Forensic services(5 sites). It is being supported by the same IT provider that delivers...
I am back in work on Tuesday and will be happy to forward our Patient Internet Access Policy to you which I developed and have been using for the last 18...
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HI Yas, are you happy to share your patient internet policy widely? At our unit we are just commencing the process of writing a policy for safe use and ...
Hi Sally Yes I have no problems sharing the policy once I return to work and would be grateful for the views of others. Can someone advise me if I just attach...
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Hi Anita, i work in aforensic hostel as part of a Forensic Community Mental Health Team and act as case manager or care co-ordinators (what we call it). I have...
Dear All We are in the process of carrying out a needs analysis for our patients detained within the medium secure service. I'd be grateful if people would be...
Hi I am having discussions with managers of my local community forensic team about the banding of the OT post within the Team. If any of you are working in a...
Hi Debs I used to work in a Forensic CMHT. I was a band 6 and I was full time. There were no support workers at that time but it was in the pipeline. I worked...
Hi Debs, I am a band 7 team leader for the OT service that covers two low secure/rehab wards both with a band 6 ot on each and my role is split between...
Hi Kathryn, I used to run a 'Creative Expression Group' in a mental health resource centre. I used different types of creative therapies (mainly drama and team...
Hi Sue, I work in a low secure unit and the obesity problem is just as great. We too are setting up well being support groups, hoping to combine resources from...
Hi! I'm currently doing my dissertation on OT in prisons and the impact prisons have on occupational performance. During some long research searches, I've...
