CASE STUDY ©Vanguard (Scotland) Ltd 2008 Vanguard Scotland - Helping Service Organisations Become Industry Leaders www.vanguardscotland.co.uk Single Shared Assessment Dundee City Council & NHS Tayside The Findings Vanguard Scotland’s consultant was called in to help Dundee City Council and NHS Tayside to focus on the principles of single shared assessment. The issues with the process of assessing ‘needs’ before care were provided were identified and were assigned to a number of root causes. Functionalised Service/System The service functioned in a compartmentalised system. This consisted of staff from a number of separate services e.g. Dundee City Council Social Work and OT, NHS OT, District Nurses, GPs and Day Hospitals trying to achieve a common goal. Staff in these

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