Staff Policy

Mayflower Healthcare Alliance - About Us

Mayflower Healthcare Alliance; delivering excellence in health.

Safeguarding

We work hard to ensure that all patients are cared for in a safe, secure and caring environment.

Committed to the well-being of each individual using our service; we take the abuse of vulnerable adults and children very seriously. We have effective policies in place to deal with any safeguarding issues and work in partnership with other agencies in line with the Department of Health’s Care Act 2014.

It is our duty to protect Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults from harm as part of the wider work of safeguarding and promoting their welfare.

Our Objectives

We aim to fulfill our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our patients by:

Ensuring there is Senior Management commitment to safeguarding
Demonstrating clear lines of accountability and structures
Appointing named person’s for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Vulnerable Adults, who are clear about their statutory role and responsibilities
Supporting a culture that enables safeguarding issues to be identified and addressed
Ensuring that accurate records with regard to actions and decisions are made
Ensuring staff receive adequate safeguarding training to identify and protect patients from abuse
Ensuring Safeguarding Children and Young People policies are regularly amended in line with National Guidance and the appropriate Essex Safeguarding Board’s

Our Policies

Our commitment

MHA fully supports the Government’s objectives to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking and recognises the significant role the NHS has to play. We fully support the Government’s objectives to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking. We are strongly committed to ensuring our supply chains and operational activities are free from ethical and labour standards abuses.

Modern slavery can take place in a wide range of employment sectors, including health and social care. As a Community Health Provider we recognise our role in identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery and human trafficking who may come to us for care or treatment. This is part of our safeguarding strategy and arrangements. We are committed to ensuring there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or any part of our business activity.

MHA’s values of delivering high quality care, improving access dovetails with the government’s aim to eradicate modern slavery in the UK. As a provider of community healthcare, MHA has a duty to uphold the principles of the Human Rights Act (1998), specifically Article 4 which holds that people have the right to live free from slavery or forced labour.

Due diligence

Equality & Diversity

MHA is committed to ensuring equality of access to employment and training opportunities. This policy aims to eliminate unlawful and unfair discrimination and ensure that all groups and individuals within the community benefit through having equal access to employment opportunities provided.

Freedom of speech

MHA Freedom to speak up: Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) Policy for ensures that staff have the right to and are supported in raising concerns for example about poor working practices.

Annually, MHA provides expert care to more than 20,000 patients

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