... to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Activity theory Client involvement Co-development Co-configuration Interaction Social services Health organization A current...

... Recommendation, 2003). This research gives voice to the micro and small companies that comprise the vast majority of social services and health care companies in Finland (Laiho and Lith, 2011). Municipal organisations have been heavily influenced by economic pressures and a highly turbulent environment...

... and critical viewpoint of current social care policy in England and will therefore be of interest to policy-makers and to professionals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Management Managerialism Elderly care Social services This paper provides a critique of attempts to address...

... and their satisfaction level; Phase 2 explored the views and experiences of users. Health care Older people Integration Social services Users’ perspective In April 2004, a comprehensive reform programme to integrate social care and health services for older people was introduced in Cambridgeshire...

...Korina Katsaliaki; Sally Brailsford; David Browning; Peter Knight Purpose – Aims to describe a project carried out within Hampshire Social Services investigating potential care pathways for older people after discharge from hospital and to show the potential of the simulation methodology...

...Mark Holtom This paper explores the partnership between social services and primary care, in one geographical area, in relation to five potential types of obstacle: structural; procedural; financial; professional; and status and legitimacy. It examines the theory of partnership and the Government’s...

... in dysfunctional teams and compromised quality of patient care. The different orientations may manifest themselves in several ways but lead to frictions that can breed hostility and prevent effective teamwork. Explores issues involving social service and community nurse teams in Dorset to identify a new framework...

... and their purposes. The multi‐disciplinary teams in Fife comprising health and social services and the voluntary sector provide an exciting example of joint working in an area where success has seldom been achieved or sustained. Evidence of the success of the Fife teams is difficult to measure beyond...

... Limited 1993 Consumers Customers National Health Service Market orientation Social services How to Increase Market Orientation Virginia Hayden Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds How to Increase Market Orientation 29 An earlier article published in this journal[l] discussed...

...Peter Huxley National directives in the UK aim to enhance community provision for mentally ill people. One of these initiatives, the Care Programme Approach (CPA) requires health and social services to develop a needs‐led approach; care plans for discharged patients; co‐ordinated“packages...