Guidance Document: Integrated Assessment, Planning and Review Arrangements for Older People

The guidance – issued by the Minister for Health and Social Services, Mark Drakeford – sets out the responsibilities and duties on health and social care services to provide integrated arrangements for assessment and care management for older people and replaces Creating a Unified and Fair System for Assessing and Managing Care in respect of people aged 65 years and over.

With immediate effect all local authorities, LHBs and Velindre NHS Trust should make arrangements to implement the requirements set out in the guidance; with the exception of the requirement to develop and implement a common assessment template, which must be implemented by 30 April 2014.

The Minister would like to acknowledge and thank all those involved in the development of this guidance, links to which can be found here: 

English - http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/publications/socialcare/guidance1/assessment1/?skip=1&lang=en

Welsh - http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/publications/socialcare/guidance1/assessment1/?skip=1&lang=cy

Please direct any queries to:  socialservicesNSM@wales.gsi.gov.uk