CIS Training on
Notifications
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Version Control
1.0 Aug 2019 Initial Version created
1.1 Aug 2019 Updated following feedback from first delivery – for publication on Website
2.0 Jan 2020 Updated to include Adding ECT Notifications
2.1 Aug 2020 The Print facility is now referred to in each Notification
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Contents SESSION 1 – Getting Started in CIS ................................................................................................ 7
Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 8
General Navigation ...................................................................................................................... 8
Field Colours........................................................................................................................................ 8
Summary of Field Types in CIS ............................................................................................................ 9
Using Grids .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Logging into CIS Live ................................................................................................................... 11
Logging Out of CIS ............................................................................................................................. 11
Forgotten Password ................................................................................................................... 12
SESSION 2 – Adding Notifications in CIS ...................................................................................... 14
The Home Screen ....................................................................................................................... 15
The Notifications Module ........................................................................................................... 16
Accessing the Notifications Module ................................................................................................. 16
The Notifications Grids ..................................................................................................................... 17
Show All............................................................................................................................................. 17
Adding a New Notification ......................................................................................................... 18
Completing the Notification.............................................................................................................. 18
Saving a Notification ......................................................................................................................... 18
Editing a Notification ........................................................................................................................ 18
Submitting a Notification .................................................................................................................. 18
Printable View ................................................................................................................................... 18
Export Grid Data................................................................................................................................ 19
Session 4 - Additional Updates ................................................................................................... 21
Refer to Service.......................................................................................................................... 22
Providing additional information following a query from the Commission ..................................... 22
Opening the Task on the homepage ................................................................................................. 22
Submitting the Response to the query ............................................................................................. 22
Seeing the query from the Commission ........................................................................................... 23
Saving or Submitting the Response .................................................................................................. 23
Notification Status ............................................................................................................................ 23
Appendix 1 –Child Admission to an Adult Unit ............................................................................ 25
The List of Admissions to an Adult Unit Screen ................................................................................ 25
Adding a new Notification of an Admission to an Adult unit ........................................................... 25
Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 26
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Part 2: About the Resident ................................................................................................................ 26
Part 3: About the Admission ............................................................................................................. 26
Part 4: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 27
Part 5. Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 27
Appendix 2 – Child Discharge from Adult Unit ............................................................................. 28
The List of Child Discharges from an Adult Unit Screen ................................................................... 28
To add a notification of Discharge of a child from an Adult unit ...................................................... 28
Section 6: About the Discharge ......................................................................................................... 29
Section 7: Additional Information ..................................................................................................... 29
Section 8: Submitted By .................................................................................................................... 29
Appendix 3 –Admission to a CAMHS Unit.................................................................................... 30
The List of Admission to CAMHS Screen ........................................................................................... 30
Adding a new Admission to CAMHS unit .......................................................................................... 30
Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 31
Part 2: About the Resident ................................................................................................................ 31
Part 3: About the Section 25 Order .................................................................................................. 31
Part 4: About the Admission ............................................................................................................. 31
Part 5: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 31
Part 6: Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 32
Appendix 4 – Discharge from a CAMHS unit ................................................................................ 33
List of Notifications of Discharge from CAMHS Units Screen ........................................................... 33
To add a notification of Discharge of a child from a CAMHS unit .................................................... 34
Part 7: About the Discharge .............................................................................................................. 34
Part 8: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 34
Part 9: Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 34
Appendix 5 – Serious Reportable Event ...................................................................................... 35
The List of Serious Reportable Events Screen ................................................................................... 35
Adding a New Serious Reportable Event .......................................................................................... 35
Part 1: About The Service.................................................................................................................. 36
Part 2: About the Resident ................................................................................................................ 36
Part 3: About the Event ..................................................................................................................... 36
Part 4: Response to the Event ........................................................................................................... 37
Part 5: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 37
Part 6: Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 37
Appendix 6 – Summary Incident Report ...................................................................................... 38
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The List of Summary Incident Reports Screen .................................................................................. 38
Adding a New Summary Incident Report .......................................................................................... 38
Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 39
Part 2: Incident Reporting Period ..................................................................................................... 39
Part 3: incident Categories ................................................................................................................ 39
Part 4: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 39
Part 5: Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 39
Appendix 7 – Overcapacity in Adult Unit ..................................................................................... 40
The List of Notifications of Overcapacity. ......................................................................................... 40
Adding a New Notification of Overcapacity ...................................................................................... 41
Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 41
Part 2: Notification of Overcapacity ................................................................................................. 41
Part 3: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 41
Part 4: Submitted By ......................................................................................................................... 41
Appendix 8 – View Bed Occupancy in CAMHS Units .................................................................... 42
Appendix 9 – Change in Operational Bed Capacity ..................................................................... 44
The List of Notifications of Change in Operational Bed Capacity ..................................................... 44
Adding a New Notification of Change in Operational Bed Capacity ................................................. 44
Part 1: About the service .................................................................................................................. 45
Part 2: Capacity Adjustment ............................................................................................................. 45
Part 3: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 45
Part 4: Submitted By ......................................................................................................................... 45
Appendix 10 - Death Notification ................................................................................................ 46
The List of Death Notifications Screen .............................................................................................. 46
Adding a new Death Notification ...................................................................................................... 47
Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 47
Part 2: About the Service User .......................................................................................................... 48
Part 3: About the Death .................................................................................................................... 48
Part 4: About the Review .................................................................................................................. 49
Part 5: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 49
Part 6: Submitted By ......................................................................................................................... 49
Submitting Death Notifications to the Commission ......................................................................... 50
Appendix 11 –Notification of ECT ............................................................................................... 51
The List of ECT Programmes Screen ................................................................................................. 51
Adding a new ECT Programme.......................................................................................................... 53
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Part 1: About the Service .................................................................................................................. 53
Part 2: About the Resident ................................................................................................................ 53
Part 3: About the Programme ........................................................................................................... 54
Part 4: Outcome of Programme ........................................................................................................ 54
Part 5: Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 55
Part 6: Submitted by ......................................................................................................................... 55
Submitting ECT Notifications to the Commission ............................................................................. 56
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SESSION 1 – Getting Started in CIS
Aims
This session gives a general overview of the navigation used with CIS. It also describes the log on
process for CIS and the process to request a new password.
Objectives
At the end of this session you will be familiar with
General Navigation
Field types in CIS
Using Grids in CIS
Logging into the LIVE CIS environment
Logging out of CIS
How to request a new password.
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Overview This training course will demonstrate the use of CIS to submit notifications. It covers the process for
completing the Notification screens in CIS.
Each Notification can be saved, added to and amended multiple times before it is submitted. In
general, the Commission has no access to the information on the Notification until the facility user
has clicked on the submit button.
The ECT notifications are an exception to this rule. The users within the Standards and Quality
Assurance team of the Commission who have access to the Notifications module will be able to view,
but not change, details of ECT Programmes and the ECT treatments within these programs once the
details have been entered in CIS.
General Navigation CIS stands for Comprehensive Information System. It is a web-based application, which is accessed
using a web browser. It is recommended that Google Chrome is used as your web browser to run the
CIS system.
CIS uses standard navigation. Users can use the mouse to select menu item and navigate from field
to field. Alternatively, a user may use standard keyboard navigation such as tabbing between fields
and using the first letter to select items in a drop-down.
Single-click with the left mouse button is used through CIS to select a menu option or open a new
record.
Field Colours Colour is used to give visual information on
how a field behaves in CIS.
Fields with a white background are the most
common. They allow data to be entered but
they may be left blank.
Fields with a coloured background are
mandatory fields. A value must be entered in
these fields.
Fields with a grey shaded background are read-
only. You may not enter any data into these
fields.
A field may change colour, for example,
become mandatory or become read-only,
depending on the value entered in a different
field.
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Summary of Field Types in CIS
Mandatory
Fields
Mandatory Text Fields have a Coloured Background. Other mandatory fields
are denoted using a red asterisk
Date Fields A user may type in the date in the format dd/mm/yyyy or the user may use the
calendar control to select the date
Lookup Fields Click on the magnifying glass to see a list of values for selection OR type (part
of) the text to select a value
Dropdowns Click on the down arrow to choose an item from the list or type in the first
letter to select an item
Radio Buttons Select one option only by clicking in the circle
Help on Fields Clicking on the question mark beside a field gives additional information
Using Grids Navigating through the pages in a grid
The Control at the bottom right of a screen is the standard control that allows scrolling forward or
backward one page at a time or move to first page / last page:-
Or type a page number to go directly there.
For example:-
Sorting a Grid
Grids in CIS can be sorted by clicking on the header of the column you wish to sort. The Arrow icon
lets you know which column the information is sorted by. Click once to sort into ascending order.
Click a second time to sort in descending order.
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Searching/Filtering in a Grid
On all of the grid screens there is a blank row between the column headings and the information in
the grid. This “blank” line is used for searching for data in the grid. Type in a fragment of the text
you are looking for and press enter.
The data in this grid has been filtered by facility name
Note: When using a filter, click on Clear to remove the filtering and return to the full listing
It is possible to search on multiple columns:-
The data in this grid has been filtered to display only death notifications for Nov 2019 which took place at
home.
Note: We will look at the Death Notification in more detail later in the training.
Editing a Grid Row
Clicking on an item in a grid usually gives read only access. To edit the record, Click on the
arrow beside the View button and choose Edit
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Logging into CIS Live To log on to the CIS live system:-
Open Google Chrome
Open the MHC Website and click on the CIS login button
The CIS login screen can be added to your bookmarks or favourites in your web browser
Type in your username
Type in your password Note: Passwords are case sensitive.
Click on Log In
Note: Training Videos on using CIS are available from the login screen of CIS
Logging Out of CIS
Once you have finished using CIS you should log off. The option to log out is available on the top-
right of all screens.
CIS will ask for confirmation that you wish to log off, click on yes to end your session:-
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Forgotten Password Once your account has been created and activated, it is possible to get a new temporary password
by clicking on the Forgotten Password option on the login screen
CIS will prompt you to enter either your CIS username OR your email address. A temporary password
will be emailed to you to allow you log on to CIS. Once a user has logged in with this new, temporary
password, they are forced to choose a new password.
You can Copy and Paste the password from your email into the password field on CIS
Fill in your username
Type in your temporary password into the password field
Type in your new password in the New Password field
Type in your new password in the Verify Password field
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Note: Create a password which has at least 8 characters, at least one of the 8 must be a capital
letter, at least one of the 8 must be a number.
There are additional Video Materials on Forgotten Password and on General Navigation available
from the Training Materials link on the CIS Logon screen
Summary
You are now familiar with the Logging into CIS and General Navigation including:-
General Navigation
Field types in CIS
Using Grids in CIS
Logging into the LIVE CIS environment
Logging out of CIS
How to request a new password.
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SESSION 2 – Adding Notifications in CIS
Aims
This session describes the steps required to record a notification on CIS and submit it to the
Commission
Objectives
At the end of this session you will be familiar with
The Home Screen
The Notifications Module
Adding a New Notification
Editing a Notification
Submitting a Notification
Export Grid Data
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The Home Screen After logging in, the Home Screen that is presented will vary according to the permissions granted to
the user. Different users have access to different parts of the system or users have different levels
of access to CIS screens.
The home screen is made up of a number of different parts.
The Home icon is on the top left. The Home icon appears on all screens and will get you back to your
homepage from anywhere in the system.
Homepage menus give access to the various modules within CIS.
The System Messages panel is intended to communicate information such as planned CIS system
downtime.
The Tasks panel is your to-do list in CIS.
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The Notifications Module The Notifications module in CIS will be used to submit all Quality and Safety Notifications to the
Mental Health Commission. The previous Microsoft Word documents that have been used to submit
Notifications are being replaced by an equivalent online form which can only be completed on CIS.
As with the Microsoft Word templates, the majority of the templates follow a similar layout with the
questions grouped into separate sections.
Accessing the Notifications Module The Notifications Module in CIS can be accessed by logging in to CIS.
Click on Notifications on the Homepage menus.
The Notifications Sub Menu is further divided under the
headings Adult Units Only, CAMHS Units only and Bothe
Adult and CAHMS units. Select the Notification to be
completed by clicking on the relevant menu item.
Remember: Clicking on the Home Icon will always return you to your home screen.
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The Notifications Grids On selecting any notification a list of notifications will be displayed.
By default, this screen shows all “active” notifications for your approved centre(s) i.e. Notification
Records that have a status of Not Submitted or have a status of Refer to Service.
These are the notifications that require some action. They are either in the process of being
recorded on CIS, or, as described later in this training course, a query has come back from the
Commission.
Show All Each “list of notifications” screen has a Show All tick box. Putting a tick in the box means that all
notification(s) for your approved centre(s) are displayed i.e. including those that have already been
submitted to the Commission.
Remember: It may be useful to use filtering and sorting, as described earlier, on the grid,
especially when using the Show All tick box.
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Adding a New Notification On each of the Notification screens,
the option to add a new notification is
located above the grid on the List of
Notifications screen.
Click on “New Notification” to open the online notification form.
Completing the Notification Fill in the details on the online form. Full details on completing each of the notification screens is
given in the appendices of this document.
Saving a Notification Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later. It is NOT necessary to have all
the mandatory fields completed by this time.
Editing a Notification Each notification record can be repeatedly edited until it is submitted to the Commission. To edit a
notification
Log on to CIS
Click on Notifications
On the Notifications menu click on the Notification type
On the list of notifications screen, select the notification and click on the down arrow in the
action column to choose the edit option as described earlier
Submitting a Notification When editing a notification, click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for
Review. CIS will remind you that it will not be possible to make any further changes to the
notification at this time.
Printable View A Printable View button has been added to each of the Notifications Screen. This will create a PDF
document that can be saved or printed off. To generate the PDF version of the notification.
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The PDF opens in a new Tab in your browser.
To print the notification
Right-Click and click on Print
OR
Click on the Notification and use the print icon:-
Export Grid Data The Export Grid Data button appears at the top of each of the grids.
This allows the information to be exported to Excel, HTML or as a PDF. When you click on the Export
Grid Data button, the first step is to select the output type and click on OK:-
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Note: Your browser needs to allow pop-ups. If a pop-ups are being blocked you need to configure
your browser to allow pop-ups from CIS i.e. if you get an error message, click on the message to open the error and select the option to allow pop-ups from this site.
When exporting to Excel a file is downloaded by your browser
Files downloaded by Chrome appear in the bottom-left hand
corner of the screen:-
Click once to open the file.
The file has also been saved to the downloads folder on your
computer
This will be examined in more detail when we look at the View Bed Occupancy Report.
Summary
You are now familiar with the recording a Notification on CIS and submitting the notification to the
Commission
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Session 4 - Additional Updates
Aims
This session describes the steps which should be completed in order to respond to a query from the
Commission about a notification that was submitted.
Objectives
At the end of this session you will be familiar with
Tasks on the Home page
Editing a Notification to add a response
Submitting the Response to the Mental Health Commission
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Refer to Service Once the notifications forms have are submitted, they are then reviewed by MHC staff. If the
Commission are satisfied with the information, then the notification is complete.
Providing additional information following a query from the Commission Should the Commission wish to request further information, they will update the notification record
on CIS. If this happens, a “Task” will be generated for the facility user who submitted the notification
to the Commission. In the case of notifications that were submitted by a Consultant Psychiatrist or
Consultant Psychiatrist, the task will also be generated for the Mental Health Act Administrator.
Opening the Task on the homepage
Click on the “+” to see the notifications that require a response from the service. Clicking on the Task
will open the Notification so that a response can be added.
Any notification requiring a response, appears by default (i.e. no need to click on Show All to see
them) on the list of notifications screen. The status of the Notification will be “Refer to Service”.
Submitting the Response to the query A response is needed for any notification which has a query. The response can be added by editing
the notification.
To edit the notification:
Select the notification and under the action column choose Edit
from the dropdown at the end of the row.
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Seeing the query from the Commission In the additional information section of the notification, the query from the Commission will be
displayed in the query field.
The Response field should be used to enter the details requested.
The History field is used to display all previous queries/responses for this notification
Saving or Submitting the Response Click on Save to save the information entered.
OR
Click on Submit to save the response and send it to Commission for Review.
Remember Certain notifications (Death, ECT, Physical Restraint/Seclusion) can only be submitted
by a Consultant Psychiatrist or a Clinical Doctor
Notification Status The status of a notification gives more information about the “stage” the notification is at. The
status of a notification can be any of the following values:-
Status Description
Not Submitted The facility has created the notification and is in the process of completing the record. They have not yet submitted the notification to the Commission.
Submitted Submitted to Mental Health Commission
Refer to Service The Commission have a query which needs to be answered by the facility
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Summary
You are now familiar with:-
Tasks on the Home page
Editing a Notification to add a response
Submitting the Response to the Mental Health Commission
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Appendix 1 –Child Admission to an Adult Unit CIS202 replaces the QSN1 form.
Log on to CIS
Click on Notification on the Homepage Menus
Click on CIS202 Admission of a Child to an Adult Unit
The List of Admissions to an Adult Unit Screen Clicking on CIS202 Admission of a Child to an Adult unit open the list screen with a list of all active
notifications i.e. by default it lists only those that require further action but all Notifications of
Admission to Adult Units can be made visible on this screen by clicking on the show all check.
Adding a new Notification of an Admission to an Adult unit Clicking on New Admission on the top right of the list of Notifications
grid opens CIS202 – Child Admission to Adult unit
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We will now look at each section of this screen:-
Part 1: About the Service Select the Approved Centre from the drop-down and fill in the Ward/Unit Name
Part 2: About the Resident Fill in your unique service user Identifier
Type in their initials
Record the Date of Birth of the resident
Select their Gender from the drop-down
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
Note: If the Legal Status is “Involuntary” or is “Admission pursuant to high court order”,
then a copy of the order must be uploaded to and stored within CIS
The Responsible Consultant Psychiatrist can be selected by choosing them from the lookup if
they are already set up on CIS. Otherwise their MCRN and Name can be typed in
Part 3: About the Admission Record the Date of admission by typing in the Date or by using the calendar controls
Record the Time of admission in hh:mm (24-hour) format
Select the type of admission by choosing First Admission or Re-Admission
Choose one or more Reasons for Admission
Record an Estimated Date of Discharge (this is optional)
List the plans to place the child in an age appropriate approved centre
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Record a Yes or No answer to the remaining questions in this section of the form
Part 4: Additional Information Record any Additional Information
Part 5. Submitted by The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
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Appendix 2 – Child Discharge from Adult Unit CIS203 – Discharge of a child from an adult unit is the CIS replacement for the old QSN2 form. The
fields on CIS are identical to the MS Word document which it
replaces.
The List of Child Discharges from an Adult Unit Screen Clicking on CIS203 Discharge of a Child from an Adult unit
opens the list screen with a list of all active notifications.
By default, the screen lists records of child admissions to an
Adult unit that have not been discharged.
By default, it also lists active notifications of discharge i.e.
Notifications of Discharge from an Adult Unit that have been
started/saved on CIS but not yet submitted.
All Notifications (i.e. including those submitted to the Commission) can be made visible on this
screen by clicking on the show all check box at the bottom of the screen as shown below:-
To add a notification of Discharge of a child from an Adult unit
On the list of notifications of Discharge of a Child from an
Adult Unit screen, select the child’s record and choose the
edit action which is available by clicking on the down
arrow at the end of the row.
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The information previously entered in the Notification of Admission of a child to an adult unit are
displayed. An additional panel is used to record the discharge information.
Section 6: About the Discharge Complete the textbox to list the CAMHS units contacted during the admission
Type in the Date of Discharge or use the calendar control to select it
Type in the Time of Discharge
Select the Type of discharge
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
The Responsible Consultant Psychiatrist can be selected by choosing them from the lookup if
they are already set up on CIS. Otherwise their MCRN and Name can be typed in
Section 7: Additional Information Record any Additional Information about the discharge.
Section 8: Submitted By The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
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Appendix 3 –Admission to a CAMHS Unit CIS206 and CIS207 replace the QSN3 CAMHS admission and discharge data Spreadsheet. This gives a
standard “look and feel” to all the Notifications Screens within CIS. Each admission to a CAHMS unit
is now notified separately to the Commission. There is no requirement to submit any monthly
reports
The List of Admission to CAMHS Screen Click on Notifications on the Homepage Screen.
Click on CIS206 Admission to CAMHS unit to pen the list screen with a
list of all active notifications i.e. by default it lists only those that require
further action but all Notifications of Admission to CAHMS can be made
visible on this screen by clicking on the show all check box
Adding a new Admission to CAMHS unit Clicking on New Admission opens CIS206 – Notification of Admission to a CAMHS unit
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We will now look at each part of this notification screen
Part 1: About the Service Select the Approved Centre from the drop-down and fill in the Ward/Unit Name
Part 2: About the Resident Fill in your unique service user Identifier
Type in their initials
Record the Date of Birth of the resident
Select their Gender from the drop-down
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
Note: If the Legal Status is “Involuntary” or is “Admission pursuant to high court order”,
then a copy of the order must be uploaded to and stored within CIS
Part 3: About the Section 25 Order Where a Section 25 Order exists record the start date and end date of the order
Part 4: About the Admission Record the Date of admission by typing in the Date or by using the calendar controls
Select the type of admission by choosing First Admission or Re-Admission
Part 5: Additional Information Record any Additional Information
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Part 6: Submitted by The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Note: When a notification of Admission to a CAMHS
unit is submitted to the Commission the facility are
offered the option to directly to the Notification of
Discharge of a child from a CAMHS unit.
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Appendix 4 – Discharge from a CAMHS unit CIS206 and CIS207 replace the QSN3 CAMHS admission and discharge data Spreadsheet. This gives a
standard “look and feel” to all the Notifications Screens. As with the Admissions, each discharge
should be notified separately. There is no longer a requirement to submit a monthly reprt.
The notification of Discharge of a child from a CAMHS unit can be accessed by choosing the option
from the Notifications menu or by answering yes at the end of creating the Notification of Admission
to the question “Would you like to record the discharge information now?”
List of Notifications of Discharge from CAMHS Units Screen Clicking on CIS207 Discharge from CAMHS unit opens the list screen with a list of all active
notifications.
By default, the screen lists records of admissions to a CAMHS unit that have not been discharged.
By default, it also lists active notifications of discharge i.e. Notifications of Discharge from CAMHS
Unit that have been started/saved on CIS but not yet submitted.
All Notifications (i.e. including those submitted to the Commission) can be made visible on this
screen by clicking on the show all check box at the bottom of the screen as shown below:-
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To add a notification of Discharge of a child from a CAMHS unit On the list of notifications of discharge of a child from an adult unit screen, select
the child’s record and choose the edit action which is available by clicking on the
down arrow at the end of the row.
The information previously entered in the Notification of Admission of a child to a CAMHS unit are
displayed. .
A new section is available at the end of the form to record details of the discharge/transfer:-
Part 7: About the Discharge Type in the Date of Discharge or use the calendar control to select it
Select the Type of discharge i.e. discharge or transfer
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
Part 8: Additional Information Record any Additional Information about the discharge
Part 9: Submitted by The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
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Appendix 5 – Serious Reportable Event CIS204 – Serious Reportable Event allows the Facility to use CIS to report an incident in relation to a resident of an approved centre. This replaces QSN8. The same information is needed so this is quite a long form but it can be completed in multiple sessions.
Note: All deaths should be notified via a Death Notification rather than the SRE process.
The List of Serious Reportable Events Screen Clicking on CIS204 Serious Reportable Events opens The List of SREs Screen.
By default, the screen shows all “active” events i.e. Serious Reportable Event
Records that have a status of Not Submitted or have a status of Refer to Service
The Show All check box can be used to display all Serious Reportable Events i.e.
including those already submitted to the Commission on this list screen
Adding a New Serious Reportable Event Clicking on New SRE Notification opens CIS204 – Serious Reportable Event:-
We will now look at each section of the notification
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Part 1: About The Service Select the Approved Centre from the lookup and record the name of the Ward/Unit
Part 2: About the Resident Fill in your unique service user Identifier
Type in their initials
Record the Date of Birth of the resident
Select their Gender from the drop-down
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
Remember: The question mark beside a field gives additional help
Part 3: About the Event Select the SRE Category by clicking in the circle beside Patient Protection Event, Care
Management Event, and Environmental Event, Criminal Event or Other.
If Other is selected then a text box appears to record the nature of the event.
Type in the date of occurrence or select the date from the calendar control
Type in the time of the occurrence in the format hh:mm (24 hour clock)
Select the Location of event from the drop-down
If Other is selected then a text box appears to record the location of the event.
The Detailed Description of event text box is used to record what happened.
The options in the drop-down for the Was event witnessed by staff are Yes, No, Unknown and
N/A.
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Part 4: Response to the Event The options available in the drop-down for Next of kin or representative notified are yes, no
and not consented
Complete the text box to record Immediate Actions taken following event.
Record Actions to safeguard the resident.
Record Actions to safeguard the wider resident group.
Record Current Physical health status of the resident.
Part 5: Additional Information Record any Additional Information in the text box
Part 6: Submitted by The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Remember: If you save, the Commission have no access to see information on the report until the
report is submitted to them.
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Appendix 6 – Summary Incident Report CIS208 - Summary Incident Report allows the Facility to use CIS to report to the Commission the total number of clinical and non-clinical incidents relating to service users which occurred in a six-month period. This replaces QSN7.
The List of Summary Incident Reports Screen Clicking on CIS208 Summary Incident Report opens The List of
Summary Incident Reports Screen.
By default, the screen shows all active summary incident reports i.e. reports that have a status of
Not Submitted or have a status of Refer to Service
The Show All check box can be used to display all Summary Incident Reports on this list screen
Adding a New Summary Incident Report Clicking on New Summary Incident Report opens CIS208 – Summary Incident Report:-
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Part 1: About the Service Select the Approved Centre from the drop-down
Part 2: Incident Reporting Period Record the Incident Reporting Period by typing in the Date from and Date to or by using the
calendar controls
Part 3: incident Categories Fill in the total numbers in each Incident Category as recorded in your local incident reporting
management system
Part 4: Additional Information Record any Additional Information
Part 5: Submitted by The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Remember: If you save, the Commission have no access to see information on the report until the
report is submitted to them.
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Appendix 7 – Overcapacity in Adult Unit This screen is used in place of QSN9 to notify the Commission where an approved centre is operating
over its registered bed capacity. A separate notification is needed for each day that the centre
operates over its registered capacity
The List of Notifications of Overcapacity. Clicking on CIS210 Overcapacity in Adult unit opens the List of Notification
of Overcapacity Screen.
By default, the screen shows all active notifications i.e. notifications that
have a status of Not Submitted or have a status of Refer to Service.
The Show All check box can be used to display all Overcapacity Notifications including those already
submitted to the Commission.
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Adding a New Notification of Overcapacity
Clicking on Overcapacity in an Adult Unit
Opens CIS210 – Overcapacity:-
Part 1: About the Service Select the Approved Centre
Type in the Ward Name
Part 2: Notification of Overcapacity Type in the Date of Overcapacity or select the date from the calendar control
Type in the total Number of Residents accommodated
Record the Reason for Overcapacity
In the Details of Accommodation field record where the resident was accommodated
Record the steps taken to ensure the Privacy and Dignity of Residents.
Part 3: Additional Information Record any Additional Information applicable to the Notification
Part 4: Submitted By The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Remember: If you save, the Commission have no access to see information on the report until the
report is submitted to them.
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Appendix 8 – View Bed Occupancy in CAMHS Units This screen replaces the need for the facility to complete and return QSN4: The CAMHS Bed
Occupancy Report. CIS will calculate the bed occupancy dynamically based on the admission and
discharge information provided by
- Notifications of Admission to CAMHS unit
- Notifications of Discharge from CAMHS unit
- Notifications of Changes in Operational Bed Capacity
Clicking on CIS211 View bed occupancy in CAMHS unit opens the report.
Note: This is a read-only screen for CAMHS units only. The usual searching/filtering and Export
Grid Data options are available.
The following information is displayed for the user’s approved centres.
The CIS status field is automatically calculated and will report either Under Capacity, At Capacity or
Over Capacity.
Tip: you may wish to filter by approved centre:-
Or filter to show information on a specific date:-
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Or filter to show information for a specific month:-
The example above will show all records for January 2019 i.e. records that contain 01/2019 in the
date field.
By using the functionality to export the data to excel additional processing can be done on the data.
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Appendix 9 – Change in Operational Bed Capacity CIS212 allows for the notification of changes in Operational Bed
Capacity.
The List of Notifications of Change in Operational Bed Capacity Clicking on CIS212 Change in Operational Bed Capacity opens the List of Changes in Operational Bed
Capacity Screen.
By default, the screen shows all active notifications of change in Operational Bed Capacity i.e.
notifications that have a status of Not Submitted or have a status of Refer to Service.
Clicking on the tick box for Show all will display all records for the facilities that the user is associated
with.
Adding a New Notification of Change in Operational Bed Capacity
Clicking on New Change Capacity opens CIS212 – Change in Operational Bed Capacity:-
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Part 1: About the service Select the Approved Centre from the drop-down
Part 2: Capacity Adjustment Record the Start Date for the change in Capacity
Record the revised Operational Capacity
Use the text box to give details of the Reason for Change
Part 3: Additional Information Record any Additional Information applicable to the Notification
Part 4: Submitted By The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Note: CIS will fill in the end date once another notification of change in operational bed capacity
is submitted.
Remember: For CAMHS units, a notification of a change in bed capacity will Impact on the View
Bed Occupancy in CAMHS units screen.
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Appendix 10 - Death Notification
CIS205 – Death is the CIS replacement for QSN5.
The fields on CIS are identical to the MS Word
document which it replaces.
From the Home screen, click on Notifications,
from the Notifications Menu click on CIS205 –
Death.
The List of Death Notifications Screen Clicking on CIS205 Death opens the list screen, with a list of all active death notifications i.e. by
default it lists only those notifications that require further action, but all Notifications of Death can
be made visible on this screen by clicking on the show all check box
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Adding a new Death Notification Clicking on New Death Notification opens CIS205 – Death
Notification
Each part of the Death Notification will now been examined in more detail:-
Part 1: About the Service
Type in part of the facility name or use the magnifying glass icon to open a search window.
Select the Facility from the drop-down and fill in the Ward/Unit Name
Note: Notifications from services other than approved centres (e.g. death notifications from
community services) are not part of this phase and must continue to be submitted to the
Commission outside of CIS until further notice.
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Part 2: About the Service User
Fill in your unique service user Identifier
Type in their initials
Record the Date of Birth of the resident
Select their Gender from the drop-down
Select their ICD 10 Diagnosis Code (primary) from the drop-down
Select their ICD 10 Diagnosis Code (other) from the drop-down
Select their Legal Status from the drop-down
Select their Service User Status at the time of death from the drop-down
The Responsible Consultant Psychiatrist can be selected by choosing them from the lookup if
they are already set up on CIS. Otherwise their MCRN and Name can be typed in.
Note: The responsible consultant psychiatrist recorded here is the Dr responsible for the patient.
This may or may not be the same person that submits the notification.
Part 3: About the Death
Type in the Date of Death or select from the calendar control
Type in the Date of Death was discovered or select from the calendar control
Choose the Location of Death from the drop-down. If Other is selected then a text box appears
to record the location.
Select whether cause of death is known
Record the Detailed Description of Death
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Part 4: About the Review
Select whether the death has been referred to the coroner
Select if a Coroners inquest is pending
Type in details of any review planned for this death
Part 5: Additional Information
Record any Additional Information this is applicable to this notification
Note: Information can be entered into this field or the field can be left blank.
Part 6: Submitted By
The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
Remember: If you save, the Commission have no access to see information on the report until the
report is submitted to them.
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Submitting Death Notifications to the Commission
Only authorised users e.g. Consultant Psychiatrists or Clinical Directors can submit Death
Notifications to the Mental Health Commission. However other users at the facility can be set up
with access to create and edit notifications. The Consultant Psychiatrist or clinical Director will then,
Log On to CIS
Select Notifications from the HomePage Menus
Select CIS205 – Death
On the List of Notifications screen notifications with a status of “not submitted” could be in
progress or could be ready for submission
Select a notification to submit and click on the down arrow at the end of the row and choose
Edit
Review the Death Notification
Click on Submit to submit the notification to the Commission
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Appendix 11 –Notification of ECT CIS215 will be used to notify the Commission about each
programme of ECT treatments.
The ECT notification will only be submitted to the Commission
once the ECT programme of treatments for the patient has been
completed.
Click on Notifications on the Homepage screen.
Depending on your level of access, you may see all notification
types listed OR you may only have access to Death Notiifications,
ECT notifications and Restrainint/Seclusion Notifications.
The List of ECT Programmes Screen
Clicking on CIS215 - ECT opens the list screen with a list of all notifications of active ECT programmes
i.e. by default it lists only those that are in progress and have not yet been submitted to the
Commission.
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By ticking the Show All checkbox shown above, all notifications for ECT programmes for the user’s
facilities are displayed.
Remember: All grids can be sorted by clicking on a column name or the List of Notifications can
be filtered on one or more columns:-
List of Notifications of ECT ordered by Gender and Filtered to only show records where the date of
assessment was in November 2019
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Adding a new ECT Programme
Click on New ECT Programme on the top right of the list of Notifications grid. CIS215 is displayed.
Each part of this screen will now been examined in more detail:-
Part 1: About the Service
Select the Approved Centre from the drop-down.
The Ward/Unit Name within the Approved centre should be entered. Alternatively, type in N/A
where ward names are not used within the facility.
Note: Where the person has been referred from another service, this is dealt with in part 2 i.e.
the next section.
Part 2: About the Resident
Fill in your unique service user Identifier
Type in their initials
The Legal Status will be populated by CIS once the treatment(s) are recorded. If any treatment
was administered without consent then an additional field is displayed where the Form 16
should to be uploaded to CIS
Select the Resident Service Status from the drop-down. If Referred from Another Service is
selected in this drop-down, then an additional field is displayed in order to record where the
patient was referred from.
Select their Gender from the drop-down
Record the Date of Birth of the resident
Record the Date of Capacity assessment
Select the ICD10 diagnosis code from the drop-down
Select the Reason for Administering ECT from the drop-down. If Multiple or Other is selected in
this drop-down, then an additional field is displayed in order to record the reason(s)
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Remember: Clicking on the question mark beside a field gives additional help
Part 3: About the Programme
To add details of a treatment
Click on New ECT Treatment
The following screen is displayed to add details of the treatment:-
Fill in the Date of Treatment
Record whether treatment was administered with consent. . If any treatment was administered
without consent, once the details of the treatment have been saved, the Form 16 should to be
uploaded to Part 2 of the notification.
Fill in the Date of Capacity Assessment
Record Laterility
Click on Save
Remember: Over time, additional treatments will be added to the ECT programme by editing the
notification and clicking on the New ECT Treatment button as shown above.
Part 4: Outcome of Programme
Once all of the treatment have been administered, the outcome of the programme must be
recorded on CIS.
Select the Outcome of the Programme
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Indicate if stimulus dosing was used
Select the type of admission by choosing Reason for Ending
Part 5: Additional Information
Record any Additional Information
Note: The additional information box can be re-sized by dragging on the bottom-right corner.
This functionality exists on many boxes in CIS. These boxes are all marked in the corner.
Part 6: Submitted by
The Submitted by details are automatically populated by CIS with the details of the user who
submits the notification to the Commission
Click on Save to save the information but allow further editing later OR
Click on Submit to save and send the information to Commission for Review OR
Click on Cancel to exit the screen without saving the changes
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Submitting ECT Notifications to the Commission
Only authorised users e.g. Consultant Psychiatrists or Clinical Directors can submit Notifications of
ECT to the Mental Health Commission.
However other users at the facility can be set up with access to create and edit notifications. The
Consultant Psychiatrist or clinical Director will then,
Log On to CIS
Select Notifications from the HomePage Menus
Select CIS215 – ECT
The List of ECT Notifications with a status of “not submitted” is displayed. These ECT Programmes
may be still in progress or could be ready for submission
Select the ECT notification to be submitted and click on the down arrow at the end of the row
and choose Edit
Review the ECT programme and the ECT treatments
Click on Submit to submit the notification to the Commission