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Perinatal Mental Health Service Standards: What the PQN Framework Requires

The Royal College of Psychiatrists' PQN standards for perinatal mental health services: staffing ratios per 10,000 births, response times, and required competencies.

MEED Guidance Explained: Physical Health Monitoring Standards for Eating Disorder Services

MEED (CR233) has replaced MARSIPAN as the current standard for assessing physical risk in eating disorders — the traffic-light framework, key monitoring thresholds, and what services need in place.

Ligature Risk and Safe Staffing on Mental Health Wards: What the 2025 Safety Investigation Found

What a 2025 national safety investigation found on ligature risk, staffing shortages and the built environment on mental health wards — and what it means for your next audit.

Section 136 and Health-Based Places of Safety: What Ward Staff Need to Know

What Section 136 and health-based places of safety actually require from ward staff: the 24-hour clock, when police cells can be used, and current reform proposals.

CQC's Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2024/25: What the Findings Mean for Providers

What CQC's 2024/25 Monitoring the Mental Health Act report found on restrictive practice, unlawful detention, out-of-area placements and racial disparity in detention.

Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018: What "Seni's Law" Requires From Providers

What the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 actually requires from providers — the responsible person role, policy duties, training and three-year recording obligations.

Cash and Financial Management Explained: AAT Level 4 Optional Unit

What the AAT Level 4 Cash and Financial Management optional unit covers: forecasting, budgeting, liquidity and investment appraisal.

Bank Guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit Explained

SAFE Notes and Convertible Notes Explained

Bills of Lading and Documentary Collections Explained

Reinsurance Explained: Treaty vs Facultative

Captive Insurance Explained

Pension Risk Transfer: Buy-ins, Buyouts and Longevity Swaps Explained