The Heart of Integration

Abstract

The Medical Director of an NHS Hospital Trust in the Midlands gives a personal account of his thinking about integrated care and its importance in the immediate future. He underlines that integrated care requires a shift in behaviour, culture and attitudes, and outlines helpful approaches which can stimulate and support this. He illustrates the way change has been approached in local services, with particular emphasis on supporting self‐care and on primary care/secondary care partnership (or vertical integration).

Citation

Rayner, H. (2009), "The Heart of Integration", Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/14769018200900003