CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH

The Care Programme Approach is nationally driven guidance on the planning process for people who are in contact with Specialist Mental Health Services. This approach is used to ensure a consistent person centred holistic assessment plan and review of an individuals needs taking into account Health and Social Care Factors.
 
Care Programme Approach (CPA) describes the system that identifies an individual’s needs and implements, monitors and reviews their support plans. The worker who coordinates the CPA is known as a Care Coordinator. In the city, we are keen to hear the views of people who have been subject to the CPA.
 
Download this explanatory leaflet - (Word doc - 112kb)
 
If you have any further questions or wish to discuss any aspect of the Care Programme Approach please feel free to contact Jo Urwin on 023 9273 6999 at the Beeches or the service user/carer representatives who attend the steering group for The Care Programme Approach Local Implementation Team. For their details please contact Duncan Marshall on 023 9283 7777 (serviceusergroups@together-uk.org) or Glenis Massey 023 9275 6780 (glenis.massey@portsmouthcc.gov.uk).
 
CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH (CPA) FEEDBACK to Dept of Health
 
Event held Mon 12th Feb 2007
 
Download the Report (MS Word doc - 64kb)
 
REVIEW OF CPA
 
Under the Care Programme Approach Review the standard CPA will no longer exist from Oct 08 - only those with enhanced needs will be on CPA. Those on standard will obviously still receive appropriate support, but will not be known as CPA or involve the more complex paperwork. Further information is available from the following Department of Health Publication:-
 
Refocusing the care programme approach