Question

How can we adjust our care duration to the current ambulatory provision?

Problem description

Today we are using a merely indicative term of 4 to 6 weeks for our treatment and monitoring.  In an initial crisis phase, it is often unclear what will be the next and necessary possible follow-up.  The current provision of ambulatory care is often insufficient to make a relay with the 2a-team during the period of treatment and monitoring by the 2a team.  There seems to be a missing link between function 2a and 2b

Impact - effect

For a group of patients there is no adequate relay or there’s no possibility to respect our maximum time limit.  Currently, these patients remain with the 2a-team

To do

- Identify which type of care is, from our perspective, insufficiently strong

- Reflect on all referral possibilities

- Joint visits, as these are organised in Birmingham (HTT Oleaster) seem to have a strong potential to transfer the care

- The SaRA Network should argue a further expansion of the ambulatory care (in its contacts with the authorities)

Theme

Acute care pathway

Topic

Other functions psy107, than function 2, involved in the acute care pathway

Reference -  contact

Pieter Goedemé, Kirsten Bouw,  Katrien Van Eemeren

Mobile team

2a

Project

SaRA (Antwerpen)

Intership abroad - place

Birmingham (Oleaster Home Treatment)

Date

November 2014