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Care plans for registered acute mental health centres
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186. (1) A member of the multidisciplinary team of a person, other than a child, admitted to a registered acute mental health centre shall, following a comprehensive assessment of the person, prepare a care plan based on that assessment, no later than 14 days, or such shorter period as may be prescribed, after the date of that person’s admission to the centre.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), a care plan prepared under subsection (1) shall—
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(a) identify the person’s care and treatment needs required to meet any recovery goals identified,
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(b) outline appropriate goals towards the effective recovery of the person,
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(c) specify the resources required to achieve the care and treatment identified in the plan, and
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(d) have due regard to the will and preferences of the person, the subject of that care plan.
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(3) A member of a person’s multidisciplinary team, after consultation with other members of that team, shall—
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(a) review the care plan on a regular basis with the frequency of review based on the individual needs of the person concerned, and
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(b) where necessary or relevant, revise the care plan after such consultation and, in so far as possible, in consultation with the person concerned.
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(4) A member of a person’s multidisciplinary team may, where the consent of the person concerned has been given, consult with—
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(a) the nominated person (if any) of the person concerned, or
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(b) any other person, where appropriate.
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(5) A care plan prepared under subsection (1) or revised under subsection (3)(b) shall be—
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(a) signed where possible or appropriate by the person the subject of the plan,
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(b) retained with the person’s medical records for such period as may be specified by the Commission, and
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(c) accessible to the person the subject of the plan.
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