Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 20 Issue 4

Ignored or just forgotten?

Peter Beresford

This commentary aims to explore the frequent omission of service users and their critiques from the modern history of health and social care integration.

Triple Aim in Kinzigtal, Germany: Improving population health, integrating health care and reducing costs of care – lessons for the UK?

Helmut Hildebrandt, Timo Schulte, Brigitte Stunder

The purpose of this article is to share emerging evidence about the qualitative and economic benefits of integrating care, based on an innovative population‐based approach across…

Self‐directed support and disabled young people in transition (part 2)

Fraser Mitchell

This paper aims to describe the implementation of self‐directed support (SDS) in transitions for disabled children and young people moving from children's to adult services; it…

Patients set the agenda on integrating community services in Norfolk

Helen Tucker, Mark Burgis

This paper aims to demonstrate the approach taken in Norfolk, UK, to engage patients and staff to develop and improve services by stimulating improvements in integrated working…

Rising to the challenge: Implications for integrated care of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011

Ed Mitchell

This article's aim is to consider the implications for integrated care in England of the “community right to challenge” provisions of the Localism Act 2011.

Change management in integrated care: what helps and hinders middle managers – a case study

Phillip Lunts

There is little published research on the role of middle managers in the delivery of health and social care integration. Middle managers are critical to change management and…

Integrated care for frail older people 2012: a clinical overview

Jackie Morris

The purpose of this paper is to elaborate a clinician's perspective on the shared integrated care of older people with dementia and/or frailty. In addition, it aims to describe…

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite