Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 12 Issue 2

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Inside Multi‐disciplinary Practice: Challenges for Single Assessment

Michelle Cornes, Roger Clough

In this paper, we draw on ethnographic research which tracked older people's journeys through the health and social care system, highlighting some of the key issues which will…

Partnership and Governance: The Hertfordshire Experience

Sarah Pickup

This local case study reviews progress in joint working in adult services in a county which has been developing innovative partnership arrangements for some years. It is a…

Direct Payments

John Dow

The legal column looks at the new duty to make direct payments and the associated regulations and guidance, and considers the implications in relation to Best Value, mental…

Working Partnerships? A Critique of the Process of Multi‐Agency Working in Services to Disabled Children with Complex Health Care Needs

Ruth Townsley, Debby Watson, David Abbott

Recent government policies in relation to children stress the importance of service integration and partnership working, with particular emphasis on combating social exclusion…

How Literature Reviews can be Written to Influence Practice: The RiP Approach

Jo Tunnard

This article describes the literature reviews produced by Research in Practice (RiP) for social care and other practitioners and managers and those involved in policy and service…

Care Direct Devon: Outcomes and Future Plans

Paul Searle

Devon County Council was one of the pilot sites for the Government's Care Direct initiative, a multi‐agency partnership initiative for joined‐up information and help for older…