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Extracted from pulsetoday GP mag...
"Practices will need to implement care plans by the end of June for each of the 2% most vulnerable patients on their lists as part of the unplanned admissions DES, a task local leaders have warned may not be achievable.
The specifications, unveiled yesterday, reveal that GPs who sign up to the DES will need to identify the 2% most vulnerable patients using an ‘appropriate risk stratification tool or alternative method’ before July as part of the DES, which is worth £2.87 per patient - around £20,400 for the average practice.........
On the risk stratification tool, the guidance adds: ‘The practice will use an appropriate risk stratification tool or alternative method, if a tool is not available, to identify vulnerable older people, high risk patients and patients needing end-of-life care who are at risk of unplanned admission to hospital. If a risk profiling tool is used, CCGs should ensure that a suitable tool has been procured for practice use.’"
This had to be done by July 2014. Great if you got a GP signed up to DES, but ultimately it could be seen as a way to get more income?
Please do not expect as a diabetic to automatically get a care plan. There are persons at end of life's (not just in residential homes) and cancer sufferers that will also be needing these care plans
Loving life
"Practices will need to implement care plans by the end of June for each of the 2% most vulnerable patients on their lists as part of the unplanned admissions DES, a task local leaders have warned may not be achievable.
The specifications, unveiled yesterday, reveal that GPs who sign up to the DES will need to identify the 2% most vulnerable patients using an ‘appropriate risk stratification tool or alternative method’ before July as part of the DES, which is worth £2.87 per patient - around £20,400 for the average practice.........
On the risk stratification tool, the guidance adds: ‘The practice will use an appropriate risk stratification tool or alternative method, if a tool is not available, to identify vulnerable older people, high risk patients and patients needing end-of-life care who are at risk of unplanned admission to hospital. If a risk profiling tool is used, CCGs should ensure that a suitable tool has been procured for practice use.’"
This had to be done by July 2014. Great if you got a GP signed up to DES, but ultimately it could be seen as a way to get more income?
Please do not expect as a diabetic to automatically get a care plan. There are persons at end of life's (not just in residential homes) and cancer sufferers that will also be needing these care plans
Loving life
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