Scoring There are a range of scoring To achieve a pass, all aspects of all items approaches depending on the area and must meet the definition/guidance as set out aspect being assessed. They are: in the assessment form. There is no margin Cleanliness PASS/QUALIFIED PASS/FAIL whereby an item can fail to meet the required Y/N standard and still achieve a pass. PASS/FAIL Buildings and It is not possible to set out the point at which a Y/N facilities qualified pass becomes a fail. Those AN ANSWER TO BE undertaking the assessment need to exercise SELECTED FROM A judgement. Privacy, PREDETERMINED LIST OF Teams will therefore need, through discussion, dignity and OPTIONS to agree which score to apply where it is wellbeing obvious that a pass is not appropriate. For example, a small amount of fluff on a floor should not be PREDETERMINED LIST OF deemed as a fail, but fluff under every bed and/ OPTIONS or in every corner would be a fail. Similarly, a GOOD, ACCEPTABLE OR small amount of spilled liquid would not be a POOR (THE FOOD QUALITY fail, but any bodily substances blood, faeces, – ASSESSMENT ONLY) urine etc on any surface would constitute a – fail regardless of the quantity or frequency. More guidance on scoring is included in the assessment forms. Where separate teams assess different areas of the site/organisation, the scores should be The scoring guidance should be applied agreed by each team. It is recommended that: consistently across all areas. each team score as they go final scores for – each ward or area should be agreed at the conclusion of the assessment of that ward/ area before moving to the next. (NB: this does not apply to internal areas, where a single score reflecting all similar areas seen is still required see below); – no member of the team should assess any area alone, so that any faults or shortfalls are agreed by at least two people. NB – patient assessors should never be allowed to undertake assessments, or parts of an assessment, unaccompanied. Other areas for example corridors, lifts, public – toilets can be aggregated for the purpose of – agreeing a final score. The score awarded should reflect the standards found across all those seen this will inevitably require teams to – exercise a degree of judgement. Dementia Y/N Food Y/N AN ANSWER TO BE SELECTED FROM A
Scoring To achieve a pass, all aspects of all items must meet the definition/guidance as set out in the assessment form. There is no margin whereby an item can fail to meet the required standard There are a range of scoring approaches depending on the area and aspect being assessed. They are: Cleanliness PASS/QUALIFIED PASS/FAIL Y/N and still achieve a pass. It is not possible to set out the point at which a qualified pass becomes a fail. Those undertaking the assessment need to exercise judgement. Teams will therefore need, through discussion, to agree which score to apply where it is obvious that a pass is not appropriate. For example, a Buildings and facilities Privacy, dignity and wellbeing PASS/FAIL Y/N AN ANSWER TO BE SELECTED FROM A PREDETERMINED LIST OF OPTIONS small amount of fluff on a floor should not be deemed as a fail, but fluff under every bed and/ or in every corner would be a fail. Similarly, a small amount of spilled liquid would not be a fail, but any bodily substances – blood, faeces, urine etc – on any surface would constitute a fail regardless of the quantity or frequency. Where separate teams assess different areas of the site/organisation, the scores should be agreed by each team. It is recommended that: each team score as they go – final scores for each ward or area should be agreed at the conclusion of the assessment of that ward/ area before moving to the next. (NB: this does not apply to internal areas, where a single score reflecting all similar areas seen is still required – see below); no member of the team should assess any area alone, so that any faults or shortfalls are agreed by at least two people. NB – patient assessors should never be allowed to undertake assessments, or parts of an assessment, unaccompanied. Other areas – for example corridors, lifts, public toilets – can be aggregated for the purpose of agreeing a final score. The score awarded should reflect the standards found across all those seen – this will inevitably require teams to exercise a degree of judgement. Dementia Y/N Food Y/N AN ANSWER TO BE SELECTED FROM A PREDETERMINED LIST OF OPTIONS GOOD, ACCEPTABLE OR POOR (THE FOOD QUALITY ASSESSMENT ONLY) More guidance on scoring is included in the assessment forms. The scoring guidance should be applied consistently across all areas.
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