What is FACE?

FACE is an outcomes focused approach to personal information designed to integrate the requirements of:

  • Multi-professional, multi-agency working

  • Holistic, multi-disciplinary assessment and care planning

  • Involvement of service users and carers

  • Care planning

  • Outcome measurement

  • Continuous quality improvement

  • Clinical governance

  • Evidence-based practice

'FACE' stands for The Functional Analysis of Care Environments and is the product of 17 years development work involving thousands of practitioners. FACE provides a vision of how information collected within a multi-agency care delivery system can be brought together for purposes of assessing individual needs and progress, measuring outcome and ensuring high quality of care.

Elements of the FACE Approach include:

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