Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

This free text field is intended as an option for local authorities to provide additional context or clarification to aid in the interpretation of records. Descriptions of events will vary between local authorities.

This field should be used to record initial conversations since this will enable them to be identified when local authorities operate a three conversations model. Annex C provides further detail and Annex D provides worked examples.

Some examples of local definitions may include, but are not limited to:

Request
Adult Contact: New case
Hospital contact
Children’s referral to ASC
Initial conversation
Assessment
Contact screening assessment
Care Act Eligibility assessment
3 stage Care Act Eligibility assessment
Initial conversation
Service
Residential Care HD1
Home support: Domestic
Equipment: Bariatric Bed with Integrated Hoist
Review
6-week review
Annual review
Unscheduled Review
Data type: Text