Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 12 Issue 5

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

The New Multi‐Agency Working: Collaborating to Prevent the Social Exclusion of Children and Families

Anne Edwards

The paper focuses on preventative services for children, young people and families. It argues that client‐led service provision calls for flexibility from service providers, using…

Can Research Evidence be Timely, Intelligible and Available on Demand?

Gillian Crosby

Make Outcomes your Big Idea: Using Outcomes to Refocus Social Care Practice and Information

Stephen Ball, Judith Mudd, Marie Oxley, Mike Pinnock, Hazel Qureshi, Elinor Nicholas

This paper explores how a research‐based understanding of outcomes in social care can be incorporated into practice. Drawing on research by the Social Policy Research Unit and the…

Community Care for Asylum Seekers

John Dow

This article looks at recent developments in the law relating to local authorities' responsibility for providing accommodation for asylum seekers. It contrasts the position of…

Reimbursement — A Look Back and a Look Forward

Christine Paley

This paper considers the impact of reimbursement on delayed transfers and whole‐systems planning. The paper argues that making hospital discharge work with the focus only on the…

The ICON Model ‐ A Case Study for Developing Integrated Care in Ireland

Helen Tucker, Veronica Larkin, Martina Martin

The Midland Health Board in Ireland has invested significantly in promoting integrated care in order to improve the quality and efficiency of its services. Stakeholders in all…

Care Home Rehabilitation Schemes: Further Findings from a National Survey

Derek Ward, Martin Severs, Tara Dean

The continued expansion of the intermediate care initiative has resulted in the use of alternative care settings, such as nursing and care homes, for the delivery of…

Introducing the International Journal of Integrated Care

Guus Schrijvers, Erika Manten

This article introduces the on‐line International Journal of Integrated Care to British subscribers to the Journal of Integrated Care. It is hoped that a working partnership can…