The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey

Alison I. C. Donaldson; Samuel R. Neal; Christine H. McAlpine; Terence Quinn; Susan D. Shenkin; Graham Ellis; Phyo K. Myint; SCoOP Steering Group

doi:10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204

The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey

Alison I. C. Donaldson, Samuel R. Neal, Christine H. McAlpine, Terence Quinn, Susan D. Shenkin, Graham Ellis, Phyo K. Myint (Corresponding Author), SCoOP Steering Group

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Abstract

Background

This scoping survey is a preliminary part of the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) audit programme which aims to assess specialist service provision for older people with frailty in Scotland, and provide benchmarking data for improving.

Methods

The survey was distributed to nominated consultant geriatricians known to be based in 12 of the 14 Scottish health boards who completed data on the ‘best of their knowledge’. Data collected were: consultant and specialty doctor level workforce; days of frailty unit operation; MDT frequency; physiotherapy and occupational therapy availability. Consultant cover was correlated with population data, and scores for service components used to derive separate acute and community service provision scores.

Results

Consultant geriatrician availability varies widely across Scottish health boards with a median (range; interquartile range (IQR)) of 1.45 (0.54-2.40; IQR 0.71-2.28) FTE consultant geriatricians per 10,000 people ≥ 65 years. Variation was also present in the service provision scores (score range 0 (none) to 1.0 (very good)): for acute services, the median (range; IQR) national service provision score was 0.81 (0.50-0.89; 0.75-0.85) and for community services 0.60 (0.48-0.82; IQR 0.52-0.65).

Conclusions

This report clearly demonstrates mismatch between workforce, and services in both acute and community setting in the context of the population size. Future surveys will build on this preliminary information to audit service provision for older people at an individual hospital level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105–111
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2019

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older people
care
audit
services

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Donaldson, A. I. C., Neal, S. R., McAlpine, C. H., Quinn, T., Shenkin, S. D., Ellis, G., ... SCoOP Steering Group (2019). The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 49(2), 105–111. https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204

The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland : Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey. / Donaldson, Alison I. C.; Neal, Samuel R.; McAlpine, Christine H.; Quinn, Terence; Shenkin, Susan D.; Ellis, Graham; Myint, Phyo K. (Corresponding Author); SCoOP Steering Group.

In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol. 49, No. 2, 13.06.2019, p. 105–111.

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Donaldson, AIC, Neal, SR, McAlpine, CH, Quinn, T, Shenkin, SD, Ellis, G, Myint, PK & SCoOP Steering Group 2019, 'The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey', Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 105–111. https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204

Donaldson AIC, Neal SR, McAlpine CH, Quinn T, Shenkin SD, Ellis G et al. The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2019 Jun 13;49(2):105–111. https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2019.204

Donaldson, Alison I. C. ; Neal, Samuel R. ; McAlpine, Christine H. ; Quinn, Terence ; Shenkin, Susan D. ; Ellis, Graham ; Myint, Phyo K. ; SCoOP Steering Group. / The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland : Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey. In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2019 ; Vol. 49, No. 2. pp. 105–111.

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