T7: Long Term Conditions Bed Days (e.g.COPD) T8: Complex Care Needs Care at Home – T9: Dementia T12: Emergency Bed Days 65+ – A12: CAMHS (26 weeks referral to treatment) Stroke Unit Contribute to access targets (iii) Positive contribution to National Outcomes and Indicators: Quality SLT can have a positive impact on following National “Scotland Performs” Outcomes and Indicators: National Outcomes: We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our . Our are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens. Our have the best start in life and are ready to succeed. We live longer, . We have tackled the significant in Scottish society. We have improved the life chances for at risk. We have strong, resilient and supportive where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others. Our are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to local people’s needs We live our lives safe from , disorder and danger. Indicators: Reduce number of working age people with severe literacy and numeracy problems Increase the percentage of people aged 65 and over with high levels of care needs who are cared for at home (iv) Positive impact on Preventative Spend: An economic evaluation of speech and language therapy by Health Economists Kevin Marsh, Evelina Bertranou, Heini Suominen, Meena Venkatachala (November 2010) showed; of SLT which can be defined in terms of cost savings for health and “...the net benefits – social care services, improved quality of life, and productivity gains exceed the costs of – provision.” necessarily based on a subset of the benefits generated by SLT...As a result, it “...analysis is is possible that the analysis underestimate the benefit generated by SLT. Further analysis is required to estimate the value SLT generates across all populations who benefit from it.” Four cohorts of SLT care groups were examined by economists;
T7: Long Term Conditions Bed Days (e.g.COPD) T8: Complex Care Needs – Care at Home T9: Dementia T12: Emergency Bed Days – 65+ A12: CAMHS (26 weeks referral to treatment) Stroke Unit Contribute to access targets (iii) Positive contribution to National Outcomes and Indicators: Quality SLT can have a positive impact on following “Scotland Performs” National Outcomes and Indicators: National Outcomes: We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our . Our are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens. Our have the best start in life and are ready to succeed. We live longer, . We have tackled the significant in Scottish society. We have improved the life chances for at risk. We have strong, resilient and supportive where people take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others. Our are high quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive to local people’s needs We live our lives safe from , disorder and danger. Indicators: Reduce number of working age people with severe literacy and numeracy problems Increase the percentage of people aged 65 and over with high levels of care needs who are cared for at home (iv) Positive impact on Preventative Spend: An economic evaluation of speech and language therapy by Health Economists Kevin Marsh, Evelina Bertranou, Heini Suominen, Meena Venkatachala (November 2010) showed; “...the net benefits of SLT – which can be defined in terms of cost savings for health and social care services, improved quality of life, and productivity gains – exceed the costs of provision.” “...analysis is necessarily based on a subset of the benefits generated by SLT...As a result, it is possible that the analysis underestimate the benefit generated by SLT. Further analysis is required to estimate the value SLT generates across all populations who benefit from it.” Four cohorts of SLT care groups were examined by economists;
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