Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 8 Issue 3

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Supporting People: Another Poisoned Chalice?

Terry Bamford

A recently retired Director of Housing and Social Services argues that the new supported housing regime poses many problems for social services departments, and may be more…

Supporting People — Opportunities and Threats Facing the Housing and Support Needs of Offenders

John Harding, Fil Stocker

The authors give a view from the Probation Service in Inner London about the potential impact of the Government's Supporting People proposals on the care of offenders in the…

Evaluation of the Implementation of the Mental Health Review in Somerset: Methodology

Pauline Gulliver, Edward Peck, David Towell

This paper is the first of two discussing the evaluation of the implementation of joint commissioning and integrated provision of mental health services in Somerset. The paper…

The Evaluation of Planned Care: An Extra Burden for Care Managers or an Opportunity to Add Value?

Helen Gorman

This article draws on research into care managers' roles and tasks in the evaluation of planned care. Its approach reinforces the significance of evaluation skills in a work…

Making Sense of the Evidence

Claire Spittlehouse, Mary Acton, Katie Enock

Using evidence in social services decision‐making is becoming increasingly important. Through the Centre for Evidence‐Based Social Services, the Critical Appraisal Skills…

Barriers to Making Rehabilitation Happen

David McNally, Louise Hardwick

This article describes efforts to develop a joint health and social services strategy for rehabilitation in one local authority area in response to national policy. It notes the…

Some Consequences of the European Convention on Human Rights

John Dow

From ‘Respite’ to ‘Rehabilitation Review’

Hilary Slack

The Stone Rehabilitation Service has already been described in this journal (Shield, 1998). This article now explains further progress in operationalising the concept of…

‘What I Really, Really Want…’

Peter Gilbert