Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 6 Issue 4
Practical evidence for service improvement
Table of contents
Joint Investment Plans: Action or Bureaucracy?
Rob GreigClarity Over Finances is a non‐negotiable prerequisite of success in using joint investment plans to improve services to users. Health and local authorities should not…
Community Care: A Scottish Perspective
Stanley BonthronCommunity Care is a major policy initiative in Scotland, involving an annual expenditure of nearly £750m by local authority social work departments and substantial investment by…
1. Commissioning Rehabilitation Services in Primary Care
Tony SternThis Article Describes how a group of general practitioners involved in a ‘total purchasing’ pilot scheme approached the commissioning of community rehabilitation services, and…
2. Developing a Therapy‐Led Community Rehabilitation Team
Fiona ShieldClosure of a Hospital in an area with a high percentage of elderly people created a need for good‐quality, cost‐effective rehabilitation services. The paper describes the setting…
Setting up a Step‐Down Unit
Emma Savage, Joan MelvilleThe Step‐Down Unit was set up in September 1996 as a joint venture between Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust. It offered a post‐acute facility…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Axel Kaehne