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| Guidance on the single assessment process for older people | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, 28 January 2002 |
| Pages | various (Health service circular HSC 2002/001: Local authority circular LAC (200 |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. Website: http://www.doh.gov.uk/publications/coinh.html |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Local Authority Circulars ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Social Services Departments ; Health services ; Interaction [welfare services]. |
| Annotation | The single assessment process (SAP) for older people was introduced in the National Service Framework for Older People. Its purpose is to ensure that older people receive appropriate, effective and timely responses to their health and social care needs, and that professional resources are used effectively. This guidance clarifies key points in Chapter 2 of the National Service Framework (NSF), and has three parts. The first part comprises summaries of the key implications of the guidance for the following groups: older people, social workers and care managers, nurses in a range of settings, therapists, general practitioners (GPs), geriatricians and old age psychiatrists. The second part, guidance for local implementation, summarises what local NHS and councils need to do. The third part comprises Annexes which give details on a range of implementation and practice matters, including the criteria that localities should use when reviewing and reporting on their progress with implementation. Final progress reviews are to be completed by 1 April 2004, when the single assessment process will be implemented. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020218201 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: LAC(2002)1: IK: 4C: PF: L: QK6 * |
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