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Policies
Our policies inform the way we work at Sussex Partnership. To find a policy, please use the search tool or select from the list of policy categories below.
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Missing Persons Policy
Policy relating to missing patients, including absent without leave (AWOL)
• Applies to ALL Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT, subsequently referred to as 'the Trust') patients.
• Guidance for Managers and staff regarding duties, responsibilities and actions to be taken when a patient is missing and provides the legal framework which sets out these duties and responsibilities.
• This policy is not applicable to the Partnership Domiciliary Care Agency (PDCA) who are required to follow their own local procedure.
Code
TP.CL.051
Policy types
- Clinical