Groups of care professionals from different disciplines with varying specialists skills and expertise
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Whats a multi-agency team?
also different services eg. police
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Provide 3 advantages of a MDT or meeting holistic needs
Care is more personalised (holistic), have specialists with their expert knowledge, being viewed as a 'whole person'
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Provide 3 disadvantages of MDT for meeting holistic needs
time (underfunding, no time to meet), lack of resources, HSC have different systems to not realistically collaboratively
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Provide 5 ways of collaborating as a MDT
Email, letters, phone, electronic notes, team meeting
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Why is email beneficial?
quick, easy, encrypt
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Why is the phone beneficial ?
rapport
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Why are electronic notes beneficial?
privy to same info
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What should communication between an MDT be?
effective without compromising confidentiality
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According to the GDPR what does information need to be shared as?
need to know basis
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Under the GDPR in what way should all documents be kept ?
safe and secure
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In what ways can MDT follow appropriate organisation procedures?
Pass word protected and logging on separately despite the team having the same info
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Who needs an advocate?
Child, dementia, learning disability
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How can advocates be useful for SU's and MDT's?
Su's in MDT's meetings may need a translator or their advocate to help with communication issues, may need them to make decisions on their behalf or simply be a support
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Benefits of MDT's
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How do they have a holistic approach?
look at the whole person so its person centred and all decisions are made with the person at the heart of them
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In what ways can MDT ensure a seamless service?
Avoiding duplication of care through good communication and planning
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Why are the specialist skills of each care professional in MDT a benefit?
Because they can use their specialist skills more effectively by only focusing on some of the SU's needs, not all so thus, get the best care they can
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MDTs are efficient, give examples of why
Prevents gaps in care, resources aren't wasted because there is no overlapping of care
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Under the care act, what should the approach be with the implementation of MDT?
Joined-up
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Problems with MDT's
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What might there be between agencies?
Professional animosity between agencies
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Provide examples of professional animosity between agencies
disagreements to what care is needed, different views on priorities eg Health and social care
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Why might MDTS have poor communication?
Maybe too bust to meet, unlikely the whole of the MDT will have the same shifts
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What could happen if the SU or advocate have too much of a say in the MDT?
Manipulation - may have too much opportunity with planning without understanding funding issues
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Describe logistic problems of MDT
hard to meet and alternative ways of communication like emails just are not as effective
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How can limited budgets affect MDT?
Funding cuts may cause the breakdown of services so may not have a complete MDT or one at all or take time out of schedule to meet
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Implications of not working in a MDT
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Not having all needs met and holistic care of a SU causes .......
Gaps in service provisions
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Describe the implications of poor communication
Professional conflicts, overlaps in care, can be dangerous, SU's don't get seamless care
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What are the implications of a lack of a seamless service?
SU's repeat themselves, may feel unsupported thus, an emotional tole like stress
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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Whats a multi-agency team?
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also different services eg. police
Card 3
Front
Provide 3 advantages of a MDT or meeting holistic needs
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Card 4
Front
Provide 3 disadvantages of MDT for meeting holistic needs
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