SESCA is carrying out a review of Trusted Assessor services across the south east to provide more information for care providers and commissioners when considering implementing this service.
A Trusted Assessor (TA) is a person who carries out pre-admission assessments on behalf
of social care services, enabling them to make informed and rapid decisions about potential
new clients.
To work well, Trusted Assessor schemes rely on excellent cooperation and joint working
between commissioners and providers. When successful they save time for providers and
discharge teams, encourage the sharing of knowledge, reduce pressures in hospitals, deliver
very significant cost savings and most importantly of all improve outcomes for patients by
allowing them to move out of hospital into the right place for them as soon as they are able.