Enhanced Health in Care Homes
We want to strengthen the support available for people who live and work in and around care homes. People living in care homes should expect the same level of support as if they were living in their own home – but this can only be achieved through collaborative working between health, social care, voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and care home partners.
The care our PCN is providing includes:
- every care home in our PCN having a named clinical lead
- a weekly ‘home round’ or ‘check in’ with residents prioritised for review based on clinical judgement and care home advice (this is not intended to be a weekly review for all residents)
- within 7 days of re/admission to a care home, a resident will have a person-centred holistic health assessment of need (will include physical, psychological, functional, social and environmental needs of the person and can draw on existing assessments that have taken place outside of the home, as long as it reflects their goals)
- within 7 days of re/admission to a care home, a resident will have in place personalised care and support plan(s), based upon their holistic assessment
- PCNs also has a contractual requirement to prioritise care home residents who would benefit from a Structured Medication Review – please see details of our Clinical Pharmacy service.
If you would like to find out more about this service being provided in your PCN, please contact your local practice.
Further details on enhanced health in care homes can be found on the NHS England website here.
