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Commentary on 'Commissioning at the Interface'
- Author:
- MCBRIEN Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(5), October 1996, pp.164-165.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Comments on the results of the case study on how joint commissioning has been implemented in Oxfordshire.
Divisions and revisions
- Author:
- WARNER Leslie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.9.96, 1996, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
This article looks at staff and user reactions to joint provision of health and social services for mentally ill people in the City of Westminster.
Parental competence and parents with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 1(2), May 1996, pp.81-86.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Parental adequacy is widely seen as a function of individual parenting skills. This assumptions renders parents with learning difficulties vulnerable to discriminatory treatment in child protection work. A presumption of incompetence leads practitioners to focus on the parents' deficits and intensifies concerns about the welfare of the children. Using case material from a recent study, the authors argue for a wider conception of good-enough parenting that takes into account the external pressures that impact on family functioning.
Options for partnership between health, education and social services
- Author:
- DESSENT Tony
- Publisher:
- National Association for Special Educational Needs
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Tamworth
Includes seminar papers on: options for partnerships in meeting special educational needs between health, social and education services; options for paternships with social services - a local authority perspective; and options for partnership - a discussion.
Promoting healthy lifestyles for people with learning disabilities: a survey of provider organisations
- Author:
- TURNER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(4), 1996, pp.138-144.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Gives the results of a postal survey of UK provider organisations which investigated the nature and organisation of healthy lifestyle initiatives currently being offered to people with learning disabilities. Seventy percent of social services or social work departments in England, Scotland and Wales were represented in the survey.
Primary care: opportunities and threats: broader teamwork in primary care
- Authors:
- KENDRICK Tony, HILTON Sean
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 1.3.97, 1996, pp.672-675.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Discusses the possible opportunities for general practices to extend and develop their services with the new white papers on primary care. Outlines two examples of new services: a practice led proposal to develop an integrated service for people with learning disability across a whole district, and a community health trust's contribution to extend primary care in an inner city area.
Commissioning at the interface
- Author:
- WIGGAN Christa J.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(5), October 1996, pp.157-163.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Examines how joint commissioning has been implemented in Oxfordshire in relation to learning disability services. Describes the context in which joint commissioning has developed, the Oxfordshire model for this care group, and the financial and human resources structures which support the model. The case study analyses some of the positive outcomes of this approach alongside areas of particular challenge.
Priority needs
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.8.96, 1996, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how social services in some areas have joined health and education in order to identify and provide appropriate services for children and young people with autism.
The purchaser/provider partnership: developing the mixed economy in Wigan
- Author:
- WALKER Bernard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(3), June 1996, pp.87-93.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Presents an historical perspective on the approach adopted by Wigan Social Services Department to the development of a mixed economy of care following the NHS and Community Care Act, 1990. It highlights in particular the opportunities provided by the Special Transitional Grant, and how these were taken in the borough. Details are given of service innovations in residential and nursing home care, meals on wheels, services for carers and learning disability services.
Changing day service for people with learning disabilities: a case study of Staffordshire social services
- Author:
- SCRAGG Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(2), April 1996, pp.61-68.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Describes developments in day services for people with learning disabilities in Staffordshire since 1993 when a major review of these services began a process of change, with the intention of creating a community based service more responsive to service users' needs. The case study reports on an evaluation of two key recommendations of the review; the introduction of an individual planning system and self-advocacy initiatives in adult training centres.