MHA Assessment Team organisation

Key features and benefits:

Benefits for doctors

• Doctors can add their Availability for s.12 work and the capacity in which they are available (Trust, Independent, On Call), to encourage contact at appropriate times about MHA assessments that best suit their skills
• Add Time Away to reduce contact during their downtime
• Update their Starting Postcode to make themselves available for s.12 work wherever they area
• Update this information as frequently as needed
• Keep contact and skills information up to date
• Access these features from a phone or laptop with the same login information

Benefits for AMHPs

• AMHPs can efficiently organise MHA Assessment teams by searching for available doctors nearby the assessment location
• Find the best available assessing team for the person by refining results by attributes such as languages and specialisms
• Search for a doctor by name
• Contact doctors via text, multi-text or by calling
• AMHPs no longer need to check s.12 approval, as S12 Solutions’ link to the Mental Health Act Register Database does this automatically
• Access these features from your phone or laptop with the same login information