'Absent without approval' pathway
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Stage 1
Stage 2
- Assessing risk and clinical considerations Now Live
- Attempting a voluntary return In development
Stage 3
- Completing an authority to transport absent person form In development
- Confirming who to notify about the person's absence Now Live
- Coordinating an involuntary return of an absent person In development
Stage 4
- Ending an authority to transport absent person In development
- Reviewing involuntary patient absences In development
- Updating a police and ambulance intervention plan In development
Further information
Last updated: 25 August 2022
