Jacqui Lunday
Chief Health Professions Officer, Scottish Executive
A personal message from the Chief Health Professions Officer
Scotland's adult Rehabilitation Framework, Co-ordinated, Integrated and Fit for Purpose, was launched by the Deputy Minister for Health and Deputy Minister for Education in February 2007.
It sets out an exciting vision for rehabilitation services in Scotland in which the individual needs of people getting rehabilitation treatment, their families and carers are at the centre.
We spoke to lots of people who use rehabilitation services, families and carers as we developed the framework. They told us they liked their current rehabilitation services, but wanted improvements. For instance, they told us they wanted:
- rehabilitation treatment that directly meets their needs
- treatment given closer to their homes
- easier access to treatment
- better communication between professionals about their treatment
- better 'joining up' of different bits of the service
- a bigger say in what happens to them
- better support for people to get back to work after illness or injury.
When people need to go to hospital for rehabilitation, they want to get admitted quickly, get the treatment they need, and get back home as soon as possible.
Most important, people want rehabilitation teams to treat them as equal partners when making treatment decisions.
The Rehabilitation Framework will help teams to fulfil these wishes.
This booklet explains what you can expect from your rehabilitation team should you or a family member ever need rehabilitation treatment. I recommend that you use the booklet as a starting point for speaking to the rehabilitation team about what your treatment will mean for you.
