A report on the council’s Getting It Right For Everyone system highlighted the multi-agency work being done within the local authority. North Lanarkshire established Scotland’s first Hospital at Home Team and is currently working to follow this by establishing a home assessment team to work with people being discharged from hospital. The GIFRE approach, which follows on from programmes designed to provide care and support for children, also incorporates several national policies aimed at reducing the number of extended hospital stays. One aspect is an emphasis on individual care needs to ensure everyone using these services is at the centre of the decision making provess. A report on all of this was endorsed by the council’s adult care and social work committee, which also instructed that a further update be presented to a future session.

Source: The Times November 19, 2023 07:52 UTC