Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 11 Issue 2

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Valuing Assessments and Reports? The Impact of Valuing People on People with a Learning Disability

Stuart Cumella

Valuing People has been widely welcomed by learning disability services. But it promises a major expansion of unenforceable assessments which will divert practitioners from…

Factors Promoting and Obstacles Hindering Joint Working: A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence

Ailsa Cameron, Rachel Lart

This article reports the findings of a systematic review of the factors promoting and obstacles hindering joint working at the NHS/social services interface. The review provides…

Implementing the Single Assessment Process: Driving Change or Expecting the Impossible?

David McNally, Michelle Cornes, Roger Clough

This article considers the potential for single assessment to overcome longstanding difficulties with care management, looks at initial progress in one SHA area and identifies…

Wiltshire's Pathways: Engaging Stakeholders in Planning Joined‐up Children's Services

Peter Fanshawe

This is a case study of an innovative process for integrating the commissioning of services for children and families based on identified needs.

Bringing Learning to Life: A User‐led, Action‐Learning Model

Jill Fardell

The DARE Foundation has pioneered an innovative and effective learning approach using workshop programmes to identify needs and provide improved services for a range of client…

Disability, Participation and Welfare to Work in Staffordshire

Michael Wood

Staffordshire's Welfare to Work Joint Investment Plan is an inter‐agency approach to improving job opportunities for disabled people and carers, emphasising the need for their…