Introduction
Latest PublicationsPublished: 28 February 2012
Care Home Census 2011 - Detailed Analysis
Published: 28 February 2012
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland - figures from January 2012 census
Published: 29 November 2011
Delayed Discharges in NHSScotland - figures from October 2011 census
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The Health and Social Care Programme aims to contribute to the improvement and integration of health and social care in Scotland, particularly for older people and/or those with long term or chronic conditions, through the provision and development of statistical intelligence. More specifically the Programme is aimed at the agenda to
- shift the balance of care from institutional to community-based provision
- maximise the number of individuals able to live and be cared for in their own homes
- encourage better joint working between the NHS, Scottish Local Authorities, carers and the voluntary sector
- Reshape Care for Older People in response to a growing elderly population.
During 2011-12 the strategic objectives of the Programme are
- To continue to utilise, develop and promote the use of information tools for risk-stratification and case-finding to assist practitioners in identifying patients who are at risk of inpatient admission and who require additional care management or co-ordination or other relevant interventions
- To develop, collect and publish statistics that provide a better understanding of patients whose inpatient care is extended eg patients in receipt of NHS continuing care or whose discharge from NHS inpatient care is delayed
- To support the development of intelligence, information tools and analyses that inform policy development and planning in relation to health and social care
- To collect and develop intelligence relating to the provision of care within care homes.
