1. North East Drive Mobility Pathway Development Forum of Mobility Centres Open Meeting 8 June 2011

2. Awareness of what a pathway is What challenges there have been for our Mobility service Describe where North East Drive Mobility is in terms of development of the work

3. What opportunities exist for the Forum of Mobility Centres and individual Mobility Centres Development of a Forum Assessment Pathway?

4. There are many definitions of what a pathway is The National Pathway Association definition:

5. “An integrated pathway determines locally agreed, multi-disciplinary practice based on guidelines and evidence where available, for a specific patient/client group. It forms all or part of the clinical record, documents the care given and facilitates the evaluation of outcomes for continuous quality improvement”

6. Care pathways are a way of encouraging the translation of national guidelines into local protocols and their subsequent translation into local practice as well as a method for systematic gathering of clinical data for audit purposes Jenkins, F and Jones, F – Care Pathways and the Allied Health Professional

7. Where is North East Drive Mobility currently? - high level process map - working on identifying standards into a quality outcome framework ‘drilling down’

8. What are the opportunities for Forum?