Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 15 Issue 5

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Care Management and Self‐Directed Support

Simon Duffy

Care management is a central part of the current health and social care system, but the development of Self‐Directed Support raises significant questions about the future of this…

Governance of Health Act Partnerships

John Dow

Many of the problems of governance of Health Act partnerships arise from a poor understanding of the legal basis for the partnership arrangements. This article examines the legal…

The Emerging Role of the Domiciliary Pharmacist in Devon

Sara Dilks

A new model of multidisciplinary team working with health and social care is being developed in Exeter. This article describes how inclusion of a domiciliary pharmacist in the…

Working Jointly to Scrutinise Health?

Anna Coleman

What difference is the operation of local authority health scrutiny making to the oversight and democratisation of decision making by health bodies? This article provides an…

Equality, Diversity and Housing: Future Prospects

Darshan Matharoo, Sarah Davis

This article looks at the importance of community‐based organisations in delivering culturally sensitive services, and how the pressures of efficiency may challenge this approach…

Commentary

Philomena Harrison

Knowledge Management and Staff Expertise in Health and Social Care

Mark Watson

This article provides an overview of a range of techniques and processes used in knowledge management to surface the tacit knowledge held by staff in an organisation. Examples…