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MDO Victim Protocol

Reference: 23-24459

Date response sent: 14/02/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. Confirmation that the Trust/organisation is responsible for the provision of inpatient and or community mental health services in your area?
  2. Has the Trust/organisation received a copy of the national MDO Victim Protocol (check name and insert date) and the date received from the Ministry of Justice?
  3. Define the specific arrangements within your Trust/organisation to meet the requirements set in the national MDO Victim Protocol?
  4. Is there a Trust/organisation policy/procedure for enacting the arrangements for Victim work set out in the national MDO Victim Protocol? Please can you provide a copy?
  5. Confirmation of the resources dedicated to Victims (such as a lead post or designated team) to meet the requirements set out in the MDO Victim Protocol? Please describe the model and staffing resource?

Response sent

1. Confirmation that the Trust/organisation is responsible for the provision of inpatient and or community mental health services in your area?

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small and specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital. We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological services nationally and local community mental health services. We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, and do not have detention facilities nor an A&E department.

2. Has the Trust/organisation received a copy of the national MDO Victim Protocol (check name and insert date) and the date received from the Ministry of Justice?

No

3. Define the specific arrangements within your Trust/organisation to meet the requirements set in the national MDO Victim Protocol?

Not applicable. See our response to Question 2 above

4. Is there a Trust/organisation policy/procedure for enacting the arrangements for Victim work set out in the national MDO Victim Protocol? Please can you provide a copy?

No. See our response to Question 2 above

5. Confirmation of the resources dedicated to Victims (such as a lead post or designated team) to meet the requirements set out in the MDO Victim Protocol? Please describe the model and staffing resource?

We have reviewed the latest version of the MDO Victim Protocol, updated in December 2023, and the Trust confirms that we do not provide such services as our clinical care does not cover mental health services for Mentally Disordered Offenders

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