Unbundling recovery: Recovery, rehabilitation and reablement

"This report describes how an audit methodology used previously for surgical conditions can be used to assess whether the rehabilitation aspects of a patient's acute hospital stay could be better provided.

It shows how, with some further evidence, a locally derived tariff for recovery, rehabilitation and reablement could be developed to support service improvements."

Unbundling recovery: Recovery, rehabilitation and reablement national audit report
NHS Improving Quality
June 2015

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Community mental health survey 2014

"While there were some positive findings, particularly for questions asking about contact with staff, survey results show that improvements are needed across many other areas asked about in the questionnaire. This includes:

communication and information.
reviewing care.
involvement in decisions.
support and understanding with other areas of life."

Community mental health survey 2014
Care Quality Commission

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Supporting recovery in mental health services: quality and outcomes

"Recovery is a complex construct and measuring quality and outcomes is therefore bound to be a complex process. This has to be acknowledged. It cannot be reduced to a single measure or practice just because this is convenient. At the heart of recovery outcomes must be the experience of the person themselves and their unique hopes and dreams for the future."

Supporting recovery in mental health services: quality and outcomes
G Shepherd, J Boardman, M Rinaldi, G Roberts
Centre for Mental Health and Mental Health Network, NHS Confederation
March 2014

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Making recovery a reality in your community

"Building recovery in your local community should be a focus for local strategies both because it is the right thing to do and because it is smart and cost effective commissioning."

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services
Alcohol Concern, DrugScope, Centre for Mental Health
August 2013

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