Supporting Clinical Decision Making
This project will ensure we make the best use of technology and modern ways of working to support clinical decision making.
New Clinical Care Pathways
This workstream has developed the first phase of integrated care pathways.
What is a Care Pathway? Care pathways are more than protocols, flow charts, process maps or guidelines. Each key pathway stage is expanded to provide clinicians with the detailed understanding of required interventions. These are research and evidence based and will allow for the best placed people to be doing the right things, in the right order, at the right time to an accepted level of quality.
The following were identified as the initial priority pathways for development and are now ready for implementation. You can download the pathways by clicking on the relevant link. These are very large documents and may take a considerable time to download. Please note the number of pages in each document before proceeding to print.
- Admission/Discharge Pathways (Adults of working age)
- Admission/Discharge Pathways (Older adults)
- Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment
- Depression
- Dementia
- Dual Diagnosis
- Schizophrenia
- Substance Misuse
The next series of care pathways are now under development and are due to be ready for roll out by the New Year. They are:
- Access to mental heath services for people with learning disabilities
- Anxiety
- Bi Polar Disorder
- Clozapine
- Eating disorders
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Perinatal mental health
- Personality Disorder
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Self harm
Please click to view frequently asked questions about care pathways. For more information please contact Christine Gornall on 01772 695365 or email christine.gornall@lancashirecare.nhs.uk