What do we do about managing our internal waiting lists for scarce resources such as cognitive assessments, psychotherapy, etc?
Clearing existing internal waiting lists for specialist work can be done by offering Choice to those waiting, whether or not they are in core work and waiting for specialist or whether just at home and waiting. Job planning specialist and core time is also crucial, as is regular multidisciplinary review of existing cases in specialist work. As for scarce specialist resources, you should review how much of these things you REALLY need. E.g. cognitive assessments- how much does this really add value for the user? Can others in the partner agencies offer this? Is it ‘icing on the cake’ or really necessary? Are the results acted on? We may end doing far fewer than we would imagine but it is amazing how you can still offer a great service to families- you need to discuss with them what cognitive assessment may add and then they should be able to chose whether it is needed. It is worth asking your psychologists what screening tests non-psychologists can use to decide whether to go on to full
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