Wokingham Borough Council has initiated an innovative development in managing and allocating complex health and social care cases/referrals. The information below highlights this work.
Wokingham
Wokingham Borough Council has for some years operated a monthly Case Management Determination Panel (CMPD), chaired and attended by senior officers. The primary purpose of the CMPD is to make binding decisions about case responsibility for individuals deemed as eligible under Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) but whose primary need may be unclear, or multiple, and where service structures (client groupings) don't provide an obvious solution.
The board has been very successful and has made a significant impact on the management of those individuals who may otherwise 'fall between the gaps'. The panel now also has other functions, primarily around high risk individuals where many agencies are involved, for instance young people in transition. Evidence has shown that a significant proportion of those individuals considered are on the autistic spectrum.
Read the CMPD's 'Terms of Reference' here.