Section 136: Improve phase
Guidance on how to do the Improve phase can be found in the Guide part of this website.
Note: All screenshots on this page are taken from the print version of the SSA Assessment Form, so that they match the Section 136 download exactly. As a result, the screenshots of the ‘Examine actions’ page differ slightly from those in the Guide. The latter use the screen version of the ‘Examine actions’ page to allow the details of the risks to be seen side-by-side with the possible actions.
Generating ideas for actions
Shortlisting actions
Reassessing risk
Identifying possible side-effects
Another proposed action was to increase the height of the courtyard wall to 9 feet to prevent patients from absconding over it. However, it was felt that this may make the courtyard feel a bit like a ‘prison’, and the architect was very reluctant to agree to such a change.
In contrast, another action suggested a smoking ban to remove the need for patients to go outside (with the attached danger of them absconding). Although there were some concerns that this might be hard to put into practice, this ban was actually introduced very successfully after a separate SSA examined the issues involved in it in more detail.
Information about how to identify possible side-effects is provided in the Guide section: Examine actions.
Examining other considerations
Selecting actions to implement
Detailing actions
Planning for delivery