P8/M6/D3

You have been working at Home Care Agency for a few months now and the Care Manager has asked you to attend multi-disciplinary meetings for two of the individuals that you work with. The Care Manager wants to know how the different professionals work together to meet the service users’ needs and how multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams involved.

Produce a report to explore how the Care Agency works together with other organisations using your own role from the scenario and 2 other health or social care professionals who make up part of the multi-disciplinary team involved in the care of 2 individuals you work with.

 The report must: 

• Explain the arrangements for managing information between professionals

• Analyse the impact of legislation and codes of practice relating to information management on multi-disciplinary working.

P8 Explain the arrangements for managing information between professionals.

M6 Analyse the impact of legislation and codes of practice relating to information management on multidisciplinary working.

D3 Justify how organisations and professionals work together to meet individual needs while managing information and maintaining confidentiality

Managing information

Introduction: Explain what managing information is and why it is important.

1. Explain the arrangements for managing information between professionals

Working practices to maintain confidentiality (manage information), to include(p50-52 ipad):

• keeping information locked away or password protected

• sharing information only with people who are entitled to have access to the information, e.g. other people in the multidisciplinary team, service users and their carers or families (depending on the situation)

• being professional about how information is shared.(Managing information p286 p54 ipad)

• keeping yourself informed of the relevant laws

How legislation is applied:

• Care Quality Commission (CQC) codes of practice p289 p57 ipad - document at the bottom

• The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) codes of practice. see standard 5 - p289 p57 ipad

Special circumstances

Mental Health Act 2007 p289 p57 ipad

Mental Capacity Act 2005 p289 p57 ipad

Issues

Information breaches - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39502258, https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/uk-healthcare-companies-fined-for-data-breaches-caused-by-staff-misconduct

3. Justify how organisations and professionals work together to meet individual needs while managing information and maintaining confidentiality

For each case study justify how the professionals involved must manage information and maintain confidentiality while working together to meet their needs. p286-288 p54-6 ipad structure:

1. Re read each case study and note any details the case study may feel uncomfortable sharing.

2. P55 cut and paste diagram and explain the working practices for managing information. 

3. For each detail justify how the MDT can work together to meet their needs but also limiting the need to share every detail with every member of team.