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User involvement in commissioning services
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.9.10, 2010, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reviews a study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Age Concern which aimed to explore service users' experience and views of involvement in commissioning and the experience and views of commissioners when involving users. The study used a literature review and a summary of interviews with adult service users and commissioners in a small number of London-based case study sites. The report concludes reflects on the key challenges of user involvement in commissioning. The author explains that the "think-piece" format and only brief reference to the literature review means it is difficult to see how the authors conducted the research and how they draw their conclusions.
A matter of perception?
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.5.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author discusses some of the reasons for the different responses to personalisation. Four of the underlying issues identified are: misunderstanding key concepts; not comparing like with like; attitudes to current services and different views about what constitutes good evidence.
International rescue?
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, DICKINSON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.3.09, 2009, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the UK struggles to integrate and personalise services, the authors look at what lessons can be drawn from overseas. The article looks briefly at models of integration, the use of new technology, changes in services to focus on more effective self-care and moves to more personalised care.
Getting the measure of partnerships
- Authors:
- DICKINSON Helen, GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.9.08, 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite international interest in partnership it has not been demonstrated that this way of working necessarily improves outcomes for service users. The authors highlight the importance of evaluating the outcomes of health and social care partnerships, and the challenges that exist in carrying out and evaluation.
A question of leadership
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, DICKINSON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.06.08, 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors assess the merits of co-operative working in interagency settings as opposed to 'classical' hierarchical leadership arrangements.
Strength through unity
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, DICKINSON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.5.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors look at the value of interagency co-operation in the health and social care field to produce better outcomes.
We've got to make this stick
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.10.07, 2007, p.34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author stresses the importance of joint commissioning between social care and health.
Are partnerships worth it?
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.07.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite health and social care partnerships being a key feature of the health and social care white paper, partnership working has come under attack recently. With NHS financial difficulties, reorganisation and concerns about governance, more people are starting to ask whether partnership working is worth the time and resources to make it work. This article reports on these issues and draws lessons from an international symposium on health and social care partnerships.
The £30bn question
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.04.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article explores how the Wanless review's findings are social care's best hope for future funding and why policy makers need to make it work.
Whose agenda is it anyway?
- Authors:
- HAM Chris, GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.02.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors debate how central social care is to the white paper 'Out Health, Our Care, Our Say' and discuss whether it matters that health wins the lion's share of attention in the plans.