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Rising to the challenge: Implications for integrated care of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011

Ed Mitchell (Arden Davies Publishing – Journal of Community Care Law, London, UK)

Journal of Integrated Care

ISSN: 1476-9018

Article publication date: 3 August 2012

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Abstract

Purpose

This article's aim is to consider the implications for integrated care in England of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

Design/methodology/approach

The article's approach is an analysis of the Localism Act 2011, secondary legislation made under that Act and a review of the existing literature on the Localism Act 2011.

Findings

The Localism Act 2011 community right to challenge provisions have the potential to lead to innovative ways of providing services but they also have the potential to undermine or inhibit integrated care arrangements.

Originality/value

The article analyses the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 together with the provisions of secondary legislation which provide for its detailed operation.

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Citation

Mitchell, E. (2012), "Rising to the challenge: Implications for integrated care of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 241-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/14769011211255276

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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