How will the Health and Social Care Integration Programme (HSCIP) benefit the NHS?
• Providing clinicians with a more holistic picture of an individual’s needs and care plan, which will enable more effective and appropriate care to be provided; • Increasing efficiency for professional staff through reductions in reassessment of individuals and time spent on associated administration (e.g. copying, faxing, phoning); • Improving the referral process from health to social care and vice-versa through reducing inappropriate referrals and increasing reliability and efficiency; • Improving public health information on the health and care needs, in particular in relation to older people through the availability of aggregate analyses; • Reducing length of stay and delayed transfers of care through earlier and more holistic/overview assessment and care planning prior to discharge; • Reducing unscheduled admissions through improved co-ordination of community care and by hospitals having information available on the care being provided in the community.
