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Changes to Care Planning SectionsWe continue to work on our enhancements to our care and support planning documentation and guidance. We are currently on track to complete these by the end of July 2024/beginning of August 2024.
Care and Support Plans
- We will be archiving our current care and support plan templates in favour of one easy to edit template
- We have also created a new version with some added person-centred improvements
- This means that instead of multiple templates with different titles, you will now have one template where you can insert your own title
Assessments/Care Plan Examples
- Our current assessments as well as care plan and assessment examples will also be archived following an update to the ‘Pre-Service/Pre-Assessment’ templates
- A series of ‘How To Guides’ with detailed best practice guidance will be available to support with the completion of care plans.
In addition to our recent Personal Care Factsheets, these new resources cover guidance on how to support somebody with:
- Eating and Drinking
- Food and Fluid Charts
- Hydration
- Nutrition
- Emptying a Catheter Bag
- Attaching a Catheter Bag
- Attaching a Night Bag
- Changing a Catheter Bag
- Urine Samples
- Taking 02 Sats
- Taking Blood Pressure
- Taking Respirations
- Taking a Temperature
- And taking a Pulse
Additionally, there will be new assessment and planning prompt cards with guidance about what should be included in the process to ensure the care and support you provide is person-centred.
To help provide further detailed support and guidance, we have created the following key prompt cards.
- Breathing
- Communication
- Continence
- Nutrition and Hydration
- Pain
- Personal Hygiene
- Skin Integrity
- Advance Care Planning
- Medication
- Moving and Handling
Important NoteWe understand that change can sometimes be daunting, so please rest assured that:
- You will still be able to view and print the current documents and guidance for the next six months. These will be located in the Resource Centre under the relevant care planning sections
- You can open the PDF archive document, view and print in the normal way
If there are any particular Word documents you wish to continue using, you can download them to your desktop before the changes take place during the last week in July 2024.
We will of course update you further with any changes
The QCS Content Team
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