Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 15 Issue 4

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Building Capacity in Health and Social Care Partnerships: Key Messages from a Multi‐Stakeholder Network

Ailsa Cook, Alison Petch, Caroline Glendinning, Jon Glasby

Successful development of health and social care partnerships is contingent on the contribution of all stakeholder groups to overcome the ‘wicked’ issues that beset the field…

Practice‐Based Commissioning: Why and How Social Services should Seize the Opportunity

Luke Twelves

Anticipatory Case Management and Practice‐Based Commissioning in Oxfordshire

Liz Peretz, Sarah Bright

This case study describes how two of the Government's key initiatives have been brought together to drive the integration agenda locally. Practice‐based commissioning is being…

Engaging Hearts and Minds… And the Spirit

Peter Gilbert

Since the tragic events of 9/11, faith has become an important discourse in society as a whole. This article explores aspects of that discourse in our multicultural society with…

Commentary

Philomena Harrison

Gilbert's article underlines the need for social and mental health services to recognise spirituality as part of the ‘whole person’. To do this effectively in our multi‐cultural…

Shifting End of Life Care Back into the Community

Alice Shiner, Jennifer Stothard

National evidence shows that around 60% of patients would prefer to receive end of life care and die at home, but in 2005 in North Derbyshire only 20% of patients were supported…

The Independent Living Funds — What does the Future Hold?

Melanie Henwood, Bob Hudson

At a time when there is much debate about the nature of self‐directed support and the development of individual budgets, the role of the Independent Living Funds comes into…

Moving Forward on an Amber Light …

Alison Petch