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Common AssessmentFramework
For Adults
At the moment, all the organisations that look afteryour health use different ways of recording yourinformation. The NHS records them one way, onesocial care organisations records them another way,and another social care organisation might recordthem differently too.We need a way to bring all those records together,so you will only have to tell people your detailsonce, and if your situation changes, everyone whoneeds to know about it will be looking at the samesystem, so they will all be on the same page.
 
What is the CommonAssessment Framework?
Whenever you go somewhere to be looked after, whatever the reason, your care has tobe planned. The Common Assessment Framework, CAF, will replace the ways differentsocial care organisations do their plans.This is because the government wants all the organisations that care for people to talkto each other in a more efficient way.Their idea on how to do this is to set up
one way
of recording as much as possible of the information social care organisations and the NHS need in a computer system thateveryone who needs to can access, but keeps your information secret and safe whennecessary.
What can I do?
Read the next five pages carefully! This is all based on a government consultation whichyou can find at the NHS website, www.dh.gov.uk. They want to know whether you agree with their plans, can you see any problems, is there anything you can solve forthem, do you have an insights from your own experiences of social care, whetheryou're working for the system or living in it? Post or email your comments, ideas andquestions by
12 April 2009
to:
 
CAF Consultation
Department of HealthRoom 123Wellington House135-155 Waterloo RoadLondon SE1 8UG
Email
:caf@dh.gsi.gov.uk
 
Why now?
As more and more people now use computers, it's the best time to come up with asystem that everyone can use.
Working out what carepeople need
The government is proposing several ways of working out how much care people need,and different ways of assessing them depending on what stage the person is at. Thegovernment hope to build on and improve the relatively new Single AssessmentProcess which is currently used for caring for older people, and make the care andsupport more personal. They want to do this through different levels of assessment:
Self-assessment
There are more and more situations where people who need support can work outtheir your own needs are and get support and advice based on the evidence they give.One example is getting equipment to help you out at home from a community fund,another could be getting support and advice for coping with and treating long termillness.
Supported assessment
Similar to self-assessment, you use your own experiences and ideas to work out whatyou need with help and advice from a care or health professional, who will help youidentify if you are taking unnecessary risks.
Contact assessment
If you or your carers think you have more complex needs, a contact assessment willhelp you work out what you need to do next and all the options that you have.
Overview assessment
This kind of assessment will be offered to you by your health or social care workerbecause they think that you'll get some benefit from looking at all your circumstancestogether – by looking at things like your home and family life, how you feel, yourphysical abilities and social needs , how your culture or beliefs affect your care, as wellas everything else you're experiencing to come up with the best way of caring for you.
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