47Meaning of review of a multidisciplinary care plan

47 Meaning of review of a multidisciplinary care plan

(1) For item 724, review of a multidisciplinary care plan means a process by which the medical practitioner:

(a) reviews the matters mentioned in subrule 44 (1); and

(b) considers whether the arrangements for treatment, service and care have been carried out; and

(c) considers, in consultation with other members of the multidisciplinary care plan team, whether different arrangements need to be made to achieve the management goals mentioned in the plan; and

(d) if different arrangements need to be made, prepares a revised multidisciplinary care plan stating those arrangements.

(2) The review of a plan also includes:

(a) discussing the review of the plan with the patient and the patient’s carer (if any, and if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees); and

(b) recording the patient’s agreement to reviewing the plan; and

(c) offering a copy of relevant parts of the revised multidisciplinary care plan (if any) to the patient and the patient’s carer (if any, and if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees), and giving copies to persons who, under the revised plan, will give the patient the treatment, service and care mentioned in the plan.