What is a Collaborative Care Plan

The initial assessment process will provide an opportunity to understand the areas that are of concern and have been impacting on aspects of your life.
During this conversation, there will be discussion of your experiences during which time the clinician will be making an assessment of how these fit in with the diagnostic classification, as well as thinking about other aspects of your life (work, health, relationships) that may be contributing to current challenges. As part of this assessment there will also be discussion of any risks that may exist to yourself or those around you, including any vulnerable adults or children that you may have carer responsibility for. 

When is the care plan agreed
The final third or so of the time available during the initial assessment, will be used to discuss treatment options including medication, psychological therapy, other therapies that may be of benefit or organisations that may be useful to contact. These will form part of the jointly agreed care recommendations that are the outcome of the initial assessment. It may be that follow-up reviews with Hampshire Psychiatry are part of the care plan, although this may not always be needed or the best option for you.

Risk Formulation and Safeguarding
It will also be necessary for us to consider the risks that are identified and what plans need to be in place to safely mitigate these risks.

Ultimately the care recommendation will need to be supportive of your needs and recovery. If there are concerns around risks to yourself, vulnerable adults or children in your care, that require the support of external agencies to manage safety, then this will be discussed as well.

Review and sharing of Care Plans 
Care plans will be updated collaboratively at each review and the final review. These will be available for you to view and share with other clinicians involved with your care and it is strongly recommended that you consider sharing these with your General Practitioner (GP) who has your full medical history and your identified carer. However it will be for you to decide who you would like to share this information with, if at all.