Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 9 Issue 2

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Futures Planning for People with Learning Disabilities Living with Older Family Carers

David Thompson

People with learning disabilities are increasingly outliving their parents. To avoid traumatic and inappropriate transitions from the family home in later life, services need to…

Social Rehabilitation: Concepts, Evidence and Practice

Gail Mountain

The current evidence to support rehabilitation commissioned and/or provided by social services gives some promising indications. However, it also reveals an urgent need for more…

Nice Process — But Did Joint Commissioning Change Anyone's Life?

Rob Greig, Richard Poxton

This article is based on a review of reported studies of joint commissioning in practice, which are surprisingly few in number. It concludes that there is little solid evidence…

Coming to Terms with Primary Care Trusts: The Views of PCG Board Members

Fenella Starkey, Pat Taylor, Robin Means

This article presents the views of board members from two primary care groups in South West England on benefits and concerns relating to the imminent development of primary care…

Developing an Assertive Outreach Service: From Evidence to Practice

Gail Cunningham, Allyson McCollam

Meeting the complex needs of people with severe and enduring mental health problems who are difficult to engage poses a formidable challenge for service providers. An evaluation…

To Charge or not to Charge?

John Dow

Charging for non‐residential care services has always been an emotive political issue. Recent government draft guidance is unlikely to take the heat out of the issue, as it still…

Designing and Implementing Performance Management of Social Care Block Contracts in Fareham/Gosport Social Services Locality

Paul Ramsay

The article provides an account of an approach to managing contract performance in respect of block‐purchased social care services. The approach has confirmed quality threshold…