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Single Assessment Process
An introduction to the Single Assessment Process (SAP) for older people
Treating older people as individuals
The standard aims to ensure that the NHS and social care services treat older people as individuals and enable them to make choices about their own care. This is achieved through SAP, integrated commissioning arrangements between health and social care and integrated provision of services.
Effective and co-ordinated care planning
The requirement to develop SAP followed recognition that many older people have wide-ranging welfare needs, and that agencies need to work together to ensure that assessment and subsequent care planning are effective and co-ordinated. Care should be holistic and involve service users.
Guidance and resources
Information that relates to the implementation stage of the SAP processes including checklists and tools of interest to NHS and social care professionals involved in the assessment and care management of older people’s needs.
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The Centre for Policy on Ageing
This site contains professional learning and development materials and training protocols and practice.
Frequently asked questions
Questions and answers related to the single assessment process.
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