MH030 - CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE

1. A CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE involves care and assessment carried out by one or more MENTAL HEALTH CARE TEAM MEMBERS, one of whom must be the named care coordinator, the CPA CARE COORDINATOR ALLOCATION.

2. A CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE starts with a CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH REVIEW, which assesses the PATIENT's health and social care needs, and further CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH REVIEWS take place throughout the CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE. PATIENT DIAGNOSES and HONOS SCORES FOR PERSONS may be recorded during these reviews.

3. Within a CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE a PATIENT may have SUPERVISION REGISTER EPISODES, which are periods of time when the PATIENT is on a Supervision Register which indicates the risk against which the PATIENT is being supervised. A PATIENT may also have SUPERVISED DISCHARGE EPISODES, when they receive supervised aftercare while still within a CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE.

4. The named care coordinator for the CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH EPISODE may be involved in FACE TO FACE CONTACTS CPA CARE COORDINATOR, FACE TO FACE CONTACTS COMMUNITY CARES and PROFESSIONAL STAFF GROUP CONTACTS. Contacts with the PATIENT by a MENTAL HEALTH CARE TEAM MEMBER who is a social worker are recorded as FACE TO FACE CONTACTS SOCIAL WORKER.