The Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 - prescribed forms (PDF 169 KB)

The Mental Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1986 - prescribed forms.

Guide to Flexible Working Options - June 2009 (PDF 578 KB)

This guide aims to outline the Department's position on flexible working.

GP Appraisal Forms 1-6 Feb 06 (PDF 52 KB)

GP Appraisal Updated Forms 1-6 (February 2006)

CFPP 01-06: Decontamination of Flexible Endoscopes(PDF 782KB)

Validation and verification manual

CFPP 01-06: Decontamination of Flexible Endoscopes(PDF 840KB)

Testing methods manual

CFPP 01-06: Decontamination of Flexible Endoscopes (PDF 741KB)

Policy and Management manual

CFPP 01-06: Decontamination of Flexible Endoscopes(PDF 2.9MB)

Operational management manual

CFPP 01-06: Decontamination of Flexible Endoscopes (PDF 1.08MB)

Design and installation manual

Flexible Training Strategy (National Task Force on Medical Staffing)

Flexible Training Strategy (National Task Force on Medical Staffing) The Flexible Training Strategy, while endorsing flexible/part-time options recognises that the preferred option for the majority of doctors-in-training and consultants is most likely to continue to be full-time training and work. Click here to download PDF

Flexible Training Strategy (National Task Force on Medical Staffing)

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The functional outcome and recovery of patients admitted to an intensive care unit following drug overdose: a follow-up study.

Patients who have overdosed on drugs commonly present to emergency departments, with only the most severe cases requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Such patients typically survive hospitalisation. We studied their longer term functional outcomes and recovery patterns which have not been well described. All patients admitted to the 18-bed ICU of a university-affiliated teaching hospital following drug overdoses between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2006 were identified. With ethical approval, we evaluated the functional outcome and recovery patterns of the surviving patients 31 months after presentation, by telephone or personal interview. These were recorded as Glasgow outcome score, Karnofsky performance index and present work status. During the three years studied, 43 patients were identified as being admitted to our ICU because of an overdose. The average age was 34 years, 72% were male and the mean APACHE II score was 16.7. Of these, 32 were discharged from hospital alive. Follow-up data was attained on all of them. At a median of 31 months follow-up, a further eight had died. Of the 24 surviving there were 13 unemployed, seven employed and four in custody. The median Glasgow outcome score of survivors was 4.5, their Karnofsky score 80. Admission to ICU for treatment of overdose is associated with a very high risk of death in both the short- and long-term. While excellent functional recovery is achievable, 16% of survivors were held in custody and 54% unemployed.This resource was contributed by The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use.