Requirements:

• Guidance for the police/court officials on access arrangements to psychiatric, including psychiatry of learning disabilities, MHO and social work assessment
• Arrangements in place to ensure the timely availability of psychiatric, MHO and social work assessment
• Criteria for access to National, Supra Local and Local level specialist expertise, care and treatment
• Access arrangements to generic mental health/learning disability hospital services
• Procedures for access to, and availability of, appropriate community based mental health and learning disability services, addictions services, social work, community resources and housing/accommodation with support
• Access to prison mental health services, including visiting psychiatry, psychology services and social work
• Assessment for, and on-going planning of, care management, CPA/Personal Life Plan, augmented CPA as appropriate
• Information sharing protocols including consent procedures
• On-going liaison between health, social work and prison services