Improving Lone Work Practice Within a Mental Health Trust: A Quality Improvement Project
Aims: Ensuring resident doctors’ safety during lone working is crucial, due to unique risks and challenges faced when working alone. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust’s (BSMHFT) current lone working policy recommends local procedures based on risk assessment and site needs. Howe...
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2025-06-01
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| description | Aims: Ensuring resident doctors’ safety during lone working is crucial, due to unique risks and challenges faced when working alone. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust’s (BSMHFT) current lone working policy recommends local procedures based on risk assessment and site needs. However, gaps in implementation have raised concerns about the consistency and effectiveness of safety measures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8c29af8a9aa4c03965c8b9caa55c9b32025-07-24T13:40:12ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S140S14010.1192/bjo.2025.10384Improving Lone Work Practice Within a Mental Health Trust: A Quality Improvement ProjectTooba Khan0Khunsha Cheema1Yuyu Htwe2Hannah Liu3Anum Asim4Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomAims: Ensuring resident doctors’ safety during lone working is crucial, due to unique risks and challenges faced when working alone. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust’s (BSMHFT) current lone working policy recommends local procedures based on risk assessment and site needs. However, gaps in implementation have raised concerns about the consistency and effectiveness of safety measures.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103840/type/journal_article |
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| title | Improving Lone Work Practice Within a Mental Health Trust: A Quality Improvement Project |
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