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From joint commissioning to partnership working - will the new policy framework make a difference?
- Authors:
- GREIG Rob, POXTON Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(4), August 2001, pp.32-38.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
In the second of two articles, the authors consider whether the evidence of joint commissioning's limited success had influenced the new partnership flexibilities. They conclude that. while they offer significant opportunity, their positive elements may be undermined by lack of recognition of the unavoidable complexity of the organisational environment in the health and social care field.
Nice process - but did joint commissioning change anyone's life?
- Authors:
- GREIG Rob, POXTON Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(2), April 2001, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article is based on a review of reported studies of joint commissioning in practice. It concludes that there is little solid evidence that the process leads to benefits for service users, but there is evidence of its resulting in improved inter-agency working.
Promoting effective service user engagement for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(1), February 2000, pp.44-47.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on initiatives, such as work of the Community Care Development Centre(CCDC) and Swindon People First, which aim to make organisations more user-focused.
Learning disability services (and beyond): will having an evidence base make a difference?
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(2), October 1999, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Recently published research on the costs and quality of village, residential communities and supported housing should bring to an end an argument that has bedevilled learning disability services for a number of years. The most important questions raised by research are arguably those that lie beneath the surface of village community vs. ordinary life debate - and also have an importance well beyond the learning disability field.
The implications of best value for social services
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Philippa, PICKFORD Rob, GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(1), February 1999, pp.7-14.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Best value is one element in the government's fundamental rethinking of the contribution of social care services, and has much to offer service users. Explains how benefits will be realised only if two dangers are avoided: treating best value as a technical process concerned only with money and measurement, and failure to integrate best value into the wider agenda.
Joint investment plans: action or bureaucracy?
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(4), August 1998, pp.145-147.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Discusses how clarity 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 under-estimate the complexity of the task that lies before them - and government must be entirely clear about what it expects authorities to do.