Hi J
I have searched for the document you suggeted but unable to find it can you
provide more details??
Cheers
Pete
--- In forensic_occupational_therapy@..., A MITCHELL
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> I would suggest that you look at a document produced by the sainsbury's centre
for mental health, it's titled something along the lines of implementing (or
delivering the government's agenda.  Give suggested numbers of OTs and banding
per certain number of patients required in order to meet the demands of the
guidance and legislation produced by DoH.
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> Happy Reading!
> J
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> Subject: Re: [forensic_occupational_therapy] caseload numbers
> To: forensic_occupational_therapy@...
> Date: Saturday, 14 March, 2009, 6:36 PM
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> Hi Marisol. We average a caseload of 12 patients to each qualified OT In our
MSU. This can change depending on the admissions to the individual MDT but would
very rarely exceed 15. As Head OT I used to carry a caseload but this has become
unmanageable, so I get clinical face to face contact by occasional 1-1 or
groupwork. Many people would say that it's imperative to maintain a caseload
however small. However I found that the managerial demands of my post meant that
I was doing my patients a disservice. It's hard to hold that balance in these
demanding times. Hope that helps.
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> --- On Tue, 10/3/09, marisoltaylor85 <marisol_taylor@ hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: marisoltaylor85 <marisol_taylor@ hotmail.com>
> Subject: [forensic_occupatio nal_therapy] caseload numbers
> To: forensic_occupation al_therapy@ yahoogroups. co.uk
> Date: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009, 9:29 AM
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> We are currently under going a service review and looking at how the
department staffing structure could work more efficiently.
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> Currently our senior therapists on the medium security wards carry a caseload
of 17 and myself (the basic grade) carries a caseload of 20 on the low secure
ward. I am aware that there is no current recommended numbers for caseloads with
forensic settings and was wondering what guidelines other departments have used
to set the caseload ceilings. Also how many head OTs carry a clinical caseload.
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