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Progress in partnerships
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 7.7.01, 2001, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Primary care groups and trusts are expected to develop partnerships with local authorities, particularly for commissioning services and developing services for older people. Reports on the results of a survey which showed that nearly half of the groups and trusts surveyed do not routinely consult with social services when commissioning community health services, and even fewer consult with social services about commissioning acute care. However, relationships between front line social services staff and community based and practice based health professionals are improving.
Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic of long-term care: is organizational integration the answer?
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 24(4), November 2004, pp.435-457.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Since 1997 the British government has actively promoted collaboration between health and social care services, culminating in proposals for fully integrated health and social care organizations -called Care Trusts - to address problems in co-ordinating services for older people. This paper draws on historical evidence to examine the origins and development of these difficulties. A consistent theme over the past 50 years has been the changing role of health services in the provision of long-term support for older people and the consequent redefinition of the boundaries between health and social services. However, these changes have largely not been matched by corresponding transfers of resources that might enable social services to meet their increased responsibilities. Moreover, the demands of the acute hospital sector risk marginalizing the social support valued by older people themselves. The paper argues that organizational restructuring will therefore fail to improve coordination between health and social services for older people unless these underlying issues are also addressed.
Partnerships performance and primary care: developing integrated services for older people in England
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, COLEMAN Anna, RUMMERY Kirstein
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 22(2), March 2002, pp.185-208.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Critically examines recent policy developments in England aimed at improving health and social services for older people. Summarises the current funding and organisation of services for older people, and highlights some key problem areas. Highlights three main policy themes that are shaping services: an emphasis on partnership; active demonstration of improved performance; and increasing involvement of frontline health professional in decisions of services development. Considers the implications and impact of these factors on the development of services for older people, and discusses whether health service developments are likely to address some of the most pressing needs of older people.
Primary care and social services: developing new partnerships for older people
- Authors:
- RUMMERY Kirstein, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Medical Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 122p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon
Guide to the new initiatives in encouraging partnerships between health and social care, particularly in services for older people. Part one looks at: the problem of the health and social care divide; the new emphasis on partnerships in policy and practice; users and patients experiences of the health and social care divide; and implementing partnerships between NHS and local authority services. Part two examines joint commissioning and deals with: models of joint commissioning; a quasi single commissioning agency; a model for joint commissioning of specific services; integrated health and social care teams; a model for joint commissioning of specific services; integrated health and social care teams; and primary care groups and trusts and the potential for joint commissioning with social services partners. Part three looks at frontline collaboration between primary care and social services staff and includes sections on: community care for older people; and co-location/attachment schemes within a primary care setting. Section four is on evaluating front line collaboration projects. Section five looks at new possibilities in working in partnership for older people.
Professional power and managerial control: the case of GP assessments of the over-75s
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, CHEW Carolyn, WILKIN David
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 28(4), December 1994, pp.317-332.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Family Health Services Authorities (FHSAs) administer a new Contract for General Practitioners which includes a requirement for GPs to make, each year, a written offer of a health check, at home to all patients over 75. Examines the strategies adopted by FHSAs in tackling the administration of this particularly controversial requirement. Concludes that although apparently effective in the short term these strategies may have considerable long term shortcomings.