Transcript Single Assessment Process in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth

The Single Assessment
Process across the SW
Peninsula
What is the Single Assessment
Process?
NSF Older People Standard 2: Person Centred Care
– a single agreed approach to assessing health and social
care needs
– type of assessment is appropriate to needs
– agencies do not duplicate assessment
– effective contribution by range of professionals/agencies
– resulting in a single holistic service or care plan
– contributed to and agreed by all (including the person)
– To be fully implemented by April 2004
“Don’t you people talk to
each other?!”
National guidance
“Provides a rigorous framework
that will lead to convergence of
assessment methods and results
over time irrespective of the tools
chosen for local use”
What is an
assessment?
•involves the gathering of information about
the health and social status of the user, analysis
of that data, and the making of a professional
judgement to meet the user’s need
•Within SAP this is carried out with the service user
SAP
4 types of assessment + summary
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Contact
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Overview
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Specialist
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Comprehensive
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Assessment Summary
Contact Assessment
Not every contact needs one
 initial contact if needs recording
 multi-agency referral form
 basic personal information
difficulties, risks & significant life events
any staff member who is trained
not necessarily professionally qualified staff
 may be partially completed by one person
Overview
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More detailed assessment
At any stage in SAP
More complete picture of an individual
Incorporates core information
Includes information on providers/agencies
Risk triggers
Identifies need for further assessment
Specialist
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Specific difficulties identified at
contact/overview
One or more specialist professionals
Unstable,unpredictable or complex needs
Specialist tools/scales/measures -each
profession
Eg:nursing/mental health/social care,
housing, others
Comprehensive
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Contributions- different professionals /
teams
Co-ordinated by appropriately skilled
professionals-led by consultants
Evidence base for detailed care planning
All domains of overview / specialist
assessment
Level of support / treatment -intensive &
prolonged
Complex packages/intermediate/res care
Assessment Summary
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An agreed single summary for the collection
of information
Complete whether services provided or not
after each assessment
3 components: - Basic personal information
- Needs and Health
- Summary of care plan
Make the links to the SAP
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Where H&SC
teams are
working
together
Use SAP
One
assessment
across all
agencies
These are just
a few
Falls
links to MH and
specialties
FACS
Managing
long term
conditions
Medicines
Intermediate
Care
Continuing
DD /
Care/FNC reimbursements‘
Person centred
Overview of Benefits
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Delayed transfers of care
– Improved communication reducing delays.
– SITREP reduction of 30% in year 1, 20% year 2 and 10%
year 3.
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Unplanned admissions
– Information availability leading to improved risk management
decisions
– Reduction in unplanned admissions of 1% per annum.
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Workforce Investment
– Reduced duplication of data collection and staff time spent
recording.
– Real time transfer of information between agencies.
– Reduction in workforce investment required to implement
SAP.
Single Assessment Process
For further information contact:
Heather Eardley/Jude Anthonisz
SAP Programme Managers
email: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel: 01392 687142
Website address: www.devon.gov.uk/sap