Part 4 —Preparing, reviewing and revising care and treatment plans
Review and revision of care and treatment plans7
1
A care and treatment plan may be reviewed or revised by the care coordinator at any time provided that the care coordinator agrees to that review or revision.
2
Subject to regulation 11, a care coordinator must review and, if necessary revise, a care and treatment plan when—
a
a period of no more than 12 calendar months has elapsed since the initial preparation or the last review of that plan;
b
a relevant patient requests a review of his or her plan before the 12 calendar month period has elapsed;
c
a relevant patient’s carer or adult placement carer requests a review of that patient’s plan before the 12 calendar month period has elapsed; or
d
a mental health service provider for the purposes of Part 2 (coordination of and care planning for secondary mental health service users) of the Measure11 requests a review of a relevant patient’s plan.
3
But a care coordinator need not review a care and treatment plan at the request of a relevant patient, that patient’s carer or that patient’s adult placement carer if, in his or her opinion—
a
the request for a review is frivolous or vexatious; or
b
since the last review there has been no change in circumstances which merit the holding of another review before the 12 month period in paragraph (2)(a) has passed.
4
With the exception of the requirement to have a review and, if necessary, a revision of a care and treatment plan as provided in paragraph (2)(a), a care coordinator need not review a care and treatment plan under any provision of this regulation if minor amendments are required to the plan which, in the care coordinator’s opinion, it is appropriate to make without a review being carried out.