Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 8 Issue 2
Practical evidence for service improvement
Table of contents
A Matter of Evidence
Rhiannon Hodson, Steve PittResearch in the personal social services has historically been something of a side‐show, but various developments are combining to bring it centrestage. Unless these are managed…
Community Care and the Law
John DowThis article focuses on the legal issues arising from the Health Act 1999 and the Local Government Act 1999 (both in force from 1 April 2000), particularly in relation to the…
New Connections Between Public Health and Social Services
Janice Robinson, Siân GriffithsNew public health policies present social services with new opportunities and challenges. A shared public health and social care agenda is emerging around health improvement…
Promoting Independence in Brighton and Hove
Peter Dale, Philip LetchfieldThis ‘case study’ demonstrates how one local authority approached the development of preventative services in response to the Department of Health's Promoting Independence…
Upsetting the Apple Cart Whilst Pulling it along the Road: Implementing the National Service Framework for Mental Health
Edward Peck, Bob Grove, Valerie HowellThis paper argues that the traditional approach to translating national policy into local practice, based as it is on a metaphor of organisations as machines, will not lead to…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Axel Kaehne