Community and Hospital Assessment Team

Community and Hospital Assessment team (CHAT) is an integrated care team in Adult Social Care established in August 2021 following the restructure of the Integrated Care service. CHAT is made up of 18 staff (including the managers) and deals with an average of 328 cases in a month. CHAT’s main role is to support adults who are leaving the hospitals (within the borough and out of Borough hospitals) after admission due to illness to safely return home or to a place of long-term placement. CHAT work with their colleagues in health including the Integrated Care Hub (IDH) to provide adequate support to clients that need help during the time that they are meant to leave the hospital.

CHAT also receives referrals from the community through the Intake team. CHAT has the responsibility to review and complete the Care Act Assessment after 4-6 weeks of crisis package before transfer to the locality team for annual review.

• Care Act 2014;
• Mental Capacity Act 2005;
• Hospital discharge and community support guidance (GOV.UK);
• National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care (GOV.UK).

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