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eSAY National Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Dataset V4.0 Map |
Section List / Section 5 - Needs Record / Item 41 - Reason for unmet need
Definition : A high level description of the factor(s) that prevent a person’s support needs from being met adequately.
Purpose : In individualised records this data item provides a concise statement of why a person’s support requirements remain unmet.
Aggregate data contributes to an overall picture of unmet need, resourcing ‘bottlenecks’ and indicators to assist service planning, development and redesign.
Coded data linked to textual information provides a framework for further qualitative analysis.
Recording Guidance : More than one reason may be selected.
Codes : Social Care Data Standards Project
Code |
Value/Definition |
01 |
Support is not available locally The person has to go inappropriate distance to receive support (e.g. specialist placements that require the person to be resident away from family/friends or to spend an excessive amount of their time travelling to receive services). Or he/she has to accept inappropriate support because appropriate services cannot be accessed sufficiently close to home. |
02 |
Support is inappropriate Support is available locally but is not appropriate to the person’s individual circumstances (e.g. age inappropriate services, physical inaccessibility of buildings, services insufficiently sensitive to ethnicity, communication issues etc.) |
03 |
Support/Service shortages Appropriate support/services are available locally but have these waiting lists and/or cannot provide the volume of support that the person requires. |
04 |
Support/service availability constrained Appropriate support is available locally but is not available at the times that the person requires it (e.g. evenings, overnight or at weekends) or is not available in the setting that the person requires (e.g. lack of community/home based support) |
05 |
Financial constraints The agency responsible for purchasing or arranging support/services cannot afford to do so or cannot afford the volume of support that the person needs. |
06 |
Other local service provision reasons Other reasons associated with the way that resources are allocated and services delivered locally |
07 |
Assistance Refused The person refused the service/support offered. |
98 |
Other reasons Wider social and/or cultural factors (e.g. public attitudes, environmental design issues) |
99 |
Not known |