Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 20 Issue 2

Tectonic plates: aligning evidence, policy and practice in health and social care integration

Alison Petch

This review aims to focus on the role of evidence in informing policy and practice in health and social care integration.

Revisiting joint working

Ailsa Cameron, Rachel Lart

This article aims to consider recent changes to policy and practice in relation to joint working by returning to the authors' original article published in 2003 to ask what has…

The UK public sector Ombudsmen – 20 years of exposing poor practice in integrated care

Ed Mitchell

The purpose of this paper is to assess the practical implications for integrated care of the UK public sector Ombudsmen's maladministration findings over recent years.

Still a fine mess? Local government and the NHS 1962 to 2012

Gerald Wistow

The purpose of this paper is to take “a long view” of initiatives taken to promote integration between local government and the NHS with the objective of seeking to understand why…

Twenty years of health and social care joint working: A journey from Doctor Pangloss to Private Frazer?

Bob Hudson

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on 20 years of joint working between health and social care in England, to take stock of the lessons learned and to consider future…

What progress did “Caring for People” instigate and achieve?

Rob Greig

This article seeks to review the impact on social care services of the 1989 White Paper “Caring for People”. It pays particular attention to the introduction of commissioning and…

The faith of the integrators

Peter Thistlethwaite