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Definition
of
Care team
from
NICE Guideline NG67 - Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community
"The wider health and social care team of health professionals and social care practitioners. Health professionals include, but are not limited to, GPs, pharmacists, hospital consultants, community nurses, specialist nurses and mental health professionals. Social care practitioners include, but are not limited to, care workers, case managers, care coordinators and social workers."
[Definition of "Health and social care practitioners"]
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Discussion
about
Care team
from
Care provider
The NICE definition of "Health and social care practitioners" is the closest description of the Care Team as envisaged in MODS. However, these people seldom if ever constitute an actual team. A team would imply at the very least co-ordination of effort and a common line of accountability to a single manager. This does not happen in respect of the way professionals and unpaid carers provide care and support to an individual.
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