SINGLE ASSESSMENT - WHO’s involved? §Older People §Carers §Primary Care Trusts §Acute Hospital Trusts §Healthcare Provider Trusts §Social Services §Housing §Voluntary Sector
WHY do we need SAP? §Enquiries’ findings §Older people’s comments §The Modernisation agenda §Electronic Health and Social Care records §Duplication §Risk Management §GOOD PRACTICE
WHAT is Single Assessment? §A Process for sharing information §Person centred §Standardised §Outcome focussed §Proportionate to need §Means to an end: SAP summary & Person centred care §NOT just another set of forms §NOT a single event in time §NOT done by a single person §NOT in a single location
HOW do we get there? §BOTTOM UP APPROACH §Workgroups across agencies §Presentations to teams §Mapping exercises §Joint IT strategy §ORGANISATIONAL SIGN UP §Professional reference groups §Presentations to DMTs, PCTs §12 steps to implementation
FOUNDATIONS - Steps §Agree Purpose and Outcomes §Agree Shared Values §Agree Terminology TRUST
DEVELOPMENT- Steps 4 -8 §Map Care Processes §Estimate numbers and types §Agree stages of assessment and care management §Agree link between diagnosis and assessment §Agree domains and subdomains of assessment
FINAL FURLONG - Steps §Agree assessment approaches, tools and scales §Agree joint working arrangements §Agree single assessment summary §Implement joint staff development strategy