Personalised Care and Support Plan

A Personalised Care and Support Plan is a plan that sets out all the health and wellbeing needs of a PATIENT following a comprehensive holistic assessment of those needs.

Description

A Personalised Care and Support Plan  is a CARE PLAN.

A Personalised Care and Support Plan  is a plan that sets out all the health and wellbeing needs of a PATIENT following a comprehensive holistic assessment of those needs.

A Personalised Care and Support Plan:

  • is a way of capturing and recording conversations, decisions and agreed outcomes in a way that makes sense to the PATIENT

  • should be proportionate, flexible and coordinated and adaptable to a PATIENT's health condition, situation and care and support needs

  • should include a description of the PATIENT, what matters to them and all the necessary elements that would make the plan achievable and effective.

For further information on Personalised Care and Support Plans, see the NHS England  website at: Personalised care and support planning handbook: The journey to person-centred care.

Also Known As

This NHS business definition is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural Personalised Care and Support Plans