CAMBRIDGESHIRE EXAMPLE
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3.0 – Map the care pathway
3.1 – Identify the main pathway stages
This template is designed to help you identify the main stages of your care pathway. This is an important step of
map the care pathway as it allows the pathway to be divided into discrete and manageable units for further
analysis. The first section of this template provides you with guidance about how to identify the main pathway
stages. The second section provides you with a template to record the information.
This template is one of a series related to the stage of map the care pathway. The other sections of the toolkit are
listed/linked below:
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1.0
Current and future landscape
2.0
Define the care pathway scope
3.0
Map the care pathway
3.1
Identify the main pathway stages
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3.2
Identify the pathway activities
3.3
Pathway mapping
4.0
Understand the current workforce
5.0
Identify pathway blockages
6.0
Conduct skills mapping
7.0
Conduct workforce analysis
8.0
Redesign the care pathway
Modelling the workforce series
Introduction
DESCRIPTION OF THE STEP
The stage map the care pathway allows you to understand who is doing what along the pathway. It feeds into the
workforce analysis which will appraise different options for how the workforce can be utilised (referred to as
scenarios within the eight-stage approach). As part of mapping the pathway, it is important to identify the
pathway’s main stages. Dividing the pathway into discrete sub-units will make it easier to establish the main
activities, and help identify who is carrying out these activities.
RELEVANCE TO WORKFORCE
Establishing the main stages of the care pathway allows the workforce to understand where their work fits into the
pathway as a whole. This is important in terms of conveying the implication of certain functions on the rest of the
pathway, e.g. if one activity is not completed, how does this impact on people working in other areas of the
pathway? What are the knock-on implications?
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The template
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLATE
This template allows you to identify the main stages for your care pathway. A stage must
 be a discrete sub-unit
 have clear entry and exit factors/triggers
 contain a number of activities which move the patient/service user towards the conditions which need to
be met for them to move to the next stage of the pathway.
TEMPLATE
The following table should be used to identify the main stages of the care pathway you will analyse as part of this
process.
Stage
Name of stage
What happens during
the stage
How the stage finishes
1
Pre-admission and upon A person presents at the The person is admitted
admission
A&E or is scheduled to
to a hospital ward
have a planned
procedure
The person has been
admitted to a hospital
ward and is due to begin
investigations or
treatment
2
Ongoing
The person has been
admitted to a hospital
ward
The person undergoes
investigations or
treatment
The person is medically
fit to be discharged from
hospital
3
48 hours to Expected
Date of Discharge
(EDD)
The person is medically
fit to be discharged from
hospital
The discharge plan is
finalised and a care
package is arranged, as
required
The discharge plan has
been finalised and
everything is in place for
the discharge
4
Upon discharge
The discharge plan has
been finalised and
everything is in place for
the discharge
The person is
The person is at home /
discharged from hospital in another location in the
and returns home / to
community
another location in the
community
5
6 weeks post acute
discharge
The person is at home / The person receives a
in another location in the care package, as
community
required
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How the stage starts
6 weeks have passed
since the person was
discharged from hospital
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