53AMeaning of co‑ordinate a review of team care arrangements or of a multidisciplinary care plan

53A Meaning of co‑ordinate a review of team care arrangements or of a multidisciplinary care plan (1) For item 727, to co‑ordinate a review of team care arrangements, a multidisciplinary community care plan, or a multidisciplinary discharge care plan, means a process by which the medical practitioner: (a) in consultation with at least 2 collaborating providers, each of whom provides a different kind of treatment or service, and 1 of whom may be another medical practitioner, reviews the matters mentioned in subrule 49 (1) of the 2004 General Medical Services Table or subrule 51A (2), as applicable; and (b) if different arrangements need to be made, makes amendments to the document mentioned in paragraph 51A (1) (b), or to the plan, that: (i) state those new arrangements; and (ii) provide for the review of the amended document or plan by a date specified in the document or plan. (2) Co‑ordinating a review of team care arrangements or of a multidisciplinary care plan also includes: (a) explaining the steps involved in the review to 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 the review of the team care arrangements or the plan; and (c) giving copies of the relevant parts of the amended document mentioned in paragraph (1) (b), or the amended plan, to the collaborating providers; and (d) offering a copy of the amended document or plan to the patient and the patient’s carer (if any, and if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees); and (e) adding a copy of the amended document or plan to the patient’s medical records. (3) In this rule: > collaborating provider is a person who: (a) provides treatment or a service to a patient; and (b) is not a family carer of the patient.