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| Single assessment in acute hospitals | | Author(s) | David McNally, Jan Peet |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 7, no 3, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 18-21 |
| Keywords | Hospital services ; Social Services Departments ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Projects ; St Helens ; Knowsley. |
| Annotation | National guidance on the single assessment process (SAP) focuses on its implementation in localities. While this should include hospitals, the authors note that local progress on the SAP has generally only been made in the community. A joint St Helens and Knowsley Older People's Service collaborative project with Whiston and St Helens Hospitals seeks to improve older people's experience of hospital care and discharge through implementing single assessment. This is one of 10 collaborative projects in the north-west, which tackles various aspects of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF). The authors outline how single assessment in an acute hospital has been implemented alongside that in the community, which will not only ensure continuity but also reduces the number of times older people are asked for information. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031020202 A |
| Classmark | LD: PF: QK6: IK: 4C: 3E: 84C: 84E |
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