Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 10 Issue 4

A Dangerous Vacuum: Seeking Positive Outcomes for Young People with Disabilities

Peter Gilbert

Building a Better Health and Social Care Workforce: Challenges in Policy and Practice

Janice Robinson

Shortcomings in the health and social care workforce threaten the achievement of the NHS Plan. Government's recognition of the need to build workforce capacity has led to new…

Who Cares? Examining the Health and Social Care Workforce

Leena Genkeer, Belinda Finlayson, Teresa Edmans, Pippa Gough

Addressing recruitment and retention problems in the health and social care workforce is now a key priority. However, there are shortages in some key staff groups, for example…

The Home Care Workforce: Urgent Attention Required

Bill McClimont

The paper describes the size, nature and trends in home care, including telemedicine and hospital at home, emphasising the independent sector's contribution and highlighting the…

Modernising the Workforce: Getting the Best from Service Users

Rose Snow

Discriminatory attitudes to (ex) service users may threaten modernisation as they limit and shrink the workforce and prevent committed workers from succeeding. The report of the…

Managers' and Practitioners' Experiences of Depression: A Unifying Phenomenon?

Jill Manthorpe, Nicky Stanley, Woody Caan

This article reports the findings of a survey of social work professionals, both managers and practitioners, who reported their experiences of depression and the workplace…

The Case for Interprofessional Learning in Health and Social Care

Rhiannon Billingsley, Linda Lang

The agenda for change in health and social care calls for an integrated approach with interprofessional working around care pathways. At the same time there is a shift towards a…

Commitment and Work: Social Services Employees

John McLean

Commitment is likely to influence job performance and service quality. This report summarises the findings of a study of social services employees and identifies factors which…

Should Wrongs Always be Remedied? Liability of Public Authorities in Child Abuse Cases

John Dow

This article considers whether public authorities can still be immune from liability in negligence in relation to their duty of care towards children at risk of abuse. It…

Promoting Patient and Public Involvement in Primary Health Care: Part 2 ‐ Local Case Study

Stephen Tee

Primary care groups (PCGs) and primary care trusts (PCTs) are required to ensure that patient and public involvement underpins all activity. In Part 1, the literature review…