What is, or are, HoNOS?
They are 12 simple scales on which service users with severe mental illness are rated by clinical staff. The idea is that these ratings are stored, and then repeated- say after a course of treatment or some other intervention- and then compared. If the ratings show a difference, then that might mean that the service user’s health or social status has changed. They are therefore designed for repeated use, as their name implies, as clinical outcomes measures.
