ContractNovember 15th, 2022
FiledNovember 15th, 2022This Data Sharing Agreement for the Facilitation of Admission Avoidance (FAA’s) scheme is made on 25th July 2022 1 Between: 1. GP Practices within the northern area of Staffordshire County Council (Refer to Appendix A for the full listing).2. GP Practices within the Boundaries of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Refer to Appendix A for the full listing).3. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) 2 Purpose, objectives of the information sharing: The Facilitation of Admission Avoidance Scheme (FAAs) is a local GP scheme that supports frail patients by assessing their individual needs and providing support to access safe and effective services to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable hospital attendance or admission. The scheme, previously known as the Elderly Care Facilitation (ECF) scheme, has been extended for another 12 months (Apr 2022-Mar 2023) and renamed as the age restriction has been removed.GP Practices in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have the option