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Guest editorial: intermediate care and general practitioners: an uncertain relationship
- Authors:
- WILSON A., PARKER H.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(2), March 2003, pp.81-84.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Discusses attempts to provide community-based alternatives to acute hospital admission, dubbed intermediate care by the Department of Health in 2000. Explores the literature on general practitioners' attitudes to such schemes, their involvement in referring to and participating in them, and the workload implications in terms of quantity and quality. Their representative bodies' attitude seems one of guarded support. Concludes GPs' provision of medical care to intermediate care schemes is at risk of becoming their weakest link.
Developing intermediate care provided by general practitioners with a special interest: the economic perspective
- Author:
- KERNICK David P.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 53(492), July 2003, pp.553-556.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
This discussion paper considers intermediate care from an economic perspective and provides healthcare commissioners with a background to facilitate resource allocation decisions. The article cautions that unless the economic issues are carefully considered, there is a danger that services may be introduced that are thought to be efficient, when they may not be.
Targeting in mental health services: a multi-disciplinary challenge
- Editors:
- COTTERILL Lesley, BARR Wally, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 315p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This work has its origins in a three-year research project initially entitled, "Do SEMI Registers Make a Difference?" and known, for short, as the SEMI Register Project. The research project was designed to monitor and evaluate the introduction of registers for people with severe and enduring mental illness (SEMI) in general practices across the Wirral. In the context of this discussion, and within the framework of the mental health and social care reforms currently being introduced, key issues in the targeting agenda include: definitional issues surrounding the term "SEMI"; practical and methodological concerns about how people with SEMI are to be identified and targeted; interface issues relating to multi-disciplinary working between primary and secondary care; issues concerning the evidence-base for risk management policies and strategies; the role of training in effective targeting; reflection on the potential consequences of targeting policies and initiatives; and the meaningful involvement of service users from all sections of society.
The role of health and social care professionals in promoting social inclusion
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
GPs issue sickness certificates when they assess that a person cannot perform their usual work. Mental health problems are more likely to be listed on sickness certificates in the most deprived areas of the country. What people with mental health problems are told by doctors and other health professionals can have a major impact on their confidence and their aspirations for the future. For many people with mental health problems, the concept of ‘waiting to get well enough’ is not a helpful one, as inactivity is strongly associated with worsening mental health. It is important to ensure appropriate pathways of care between primary and secondary services; up to 28 per cent of referrals from primary care to specialist services are inappropriate. The range of services is more limited in rural areas, with specialist services often absent. Adults with complex needs, such as substance misuse in addition to their mental health problems, often struggle to get their needs met by statutory services.
It takes two
- Authors:
- ALTOFT Lesley, RAVEN Debbie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 6.2.03, 2003, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Looks at one Primary Care Trusts intermediate care service which takes referrals direct from ambulance crews and is able to keep more older people in their own homes.
Route to regeneration
- Author:
- EBBETT Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.5.03, 2003, pp.54-55.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how health care professionals are working with social workers across a range of services for different client groups to help achieve the government's social regeneration aims. Looks at three specific examples providing services to homeless people, refugees and providing intermediate care.