Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 19 Issue 1

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Joined‐up Rationing? An Analysis of Priority Setting in Health and Social Care Commissioning

Iestyn Williams, Helen Dickinson, Suzanne Robinson

Joint commissioning is an important part of the current health and social care context and will continue to be crucial in the future. An essential component of any commissioning…

Putting Policy into Effect ‐ The Government's Legislative Programme

John Dow

The Coalition government in Westminster has promised a new Health Bill and a Social Care Reform Bill. This article looks ahead to the kinds of legislative change which may be…

Housing or Care Workers? Who is Supporting Older People with High Support Needs?

Jill Manthorpe, Jo Moriarty

Providing housing with care may seem to be integration at its best. This paper investigates the workforce implications of this form of provision with a focus on older people with…

Intermediate Care: Lessons from a Demonstrator Project in Fife

Fraser Mitchell, Claire Dobson, Anne McAlpine, Siobhan Dumbreck, Ian Wright, Fiona Mackenzie

This article reports on the experiences and outcomes of a demonstrator project in Fife aimed at improving intermediate care services. The project focused on three strands…

Age‐Related Disability and Bathroom Use

Maria Burton, Heath Reed, Paul Chamberlain

Age‐related disability in bathroom use is already a significant problem, and is destined to become even greater. Previous research has focused on how the person can be enabled to…

Moving from Specialism to Mainstream

Gail Mountain

This editorial brings to an end a branded series of articles on the outputs of research concerned with improving the quality of life of older and disabled people. The growing…