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Integrating health and social care in community mental health teams in the UK
— a study of assessments and eligibility criteria in England | | Author(s) | P Huxley, S Evans, M Munroe |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 16, no 5, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 476-482 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Coordination ; Health services ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The relationship is examined between assessments and eligibility decisions made by health and social care staff in multidisciplinary community teams in England. This cross-sectional survey was carried out between December 2004 and August 2005, and is a replication of a study that took place in the same eight locations in England before the modernisation of health and social care by the present government. 413 care coordinators responded from 71 teams to produce a total of 1481 clients. 884 (60%) of the sample were categorised as having a psychotic illness compared to 63% in 1997 to 1998. Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) criteria determined access to social care services, and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) determines the level of mental health services provided. There was a close but incomplete association between FACS and CPA judgements. Compared to the standardised Matching Resources to Care version 2 indication of complex needs, social workers' judgements were the most closely aligned to FACS judgements. This raises questions of the need for training for health professionals in order to make decisions about social assessment and eligibility determination. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081008209 A |
| Classmark | LP: QAJ: L: I: QLD: 4C |
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