Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 16 Issue 5

Practical evidence for service improvement

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Table of contents

The Mental Health of Older People: Taking a Long View

Jill Manthorpe, Steve Iliffe

This article is the first of a series on older people's mental health services (OPMH Focus 2008‐09). It sets out some of the challenges facing commissioners, and uses…

Partnership Working Towards Achieving National Outcomes: The Scottish and English Experiences

Isobel Freeman

Use of local area agreements (LAAs) has been developing in England since 2004. Single outcome agreements have been a more recent innovation in Scotland. These agreements provide a…

Health Scrutiny and Practice‐based Commissioning: Contradictory or Complementary?

Anna Coleman, Stephen Harrison, Kath Checkland

The Local Government Act (2000) introduced new Overview and Scrutiny Committees, composed of elected non‐executive councillors, that can respond to proposals from the NHS for…

Beyond the NSF: Continuing Older People's Involvement and Engagement

Michelle Cornes, Pauline Weinstein, Pat Leahy, Mary Duncan

In this article we report findings from a small scale user‐controlled study which explores involvement and engagement in terms of the legacy of the National Service Framework for…

What Role for Housing in Health and Social Care Provision?

Sue Adams

Older people (particularly 75 years+) are the main users of health and social care services. They are also the age group most likely to occupy non‐decent homes. Government health…

The Social Care System: Beyond Repair or Missing Vital Parts?

Andrew Reece

Putting People First and the Social Care Reform Grant have been presented as ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunities to get the ‘broken’ social care system fit for purpose. There is a…

Cover of Journal of Integrated Care

ISSN:

1476-9018

Online date, start – end:

1996

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Axel Kaehne