Reflective workshops can be used to raise awareness of the presuppositions underlying therapeutic community staff members' communication practices.
Prompt communication between hospital and community staff is required, however, if such patients are to be made known to, and given appropriate support by their primary care team.
Community staff A few participants from the community staff group described unhelpful contacts and communication with CIEIS prior to the intervention period.
In spite of this, both groups were adamant in their belief that an integrated assessment information system would improve communication and collaboration between inpatient and community staff.
However, community staff emphasized the unpredictability of communication during transfers: "sometimes it's by accident that you find out that someone has been admitted", and "I think it depends on the day and who you're interacting with at the other end".
Specific communication failures have been identified between in-patient and community staff, and between mental health nurses, psychiatrists and general practitioners.
Implications of Rehabilitation Therapeutic community staff members should be aware of the challenges and blocks in communicating with their clients.
Therapeutic community staff members should be aware of the challenges and blocks in communicating with their clients.
Both the inpatient and community staff discussed the impact of compatible assessment instrumentation on collaboration and communication patterns in terms of challenges and potential solutions.
Community staff nurse in Chesterfield, from Spain.
A common problem is the lack of contact between community staff and GP practices.
