... to the complexity of interacting systems involving multiple activities, not only in and across medical care providers but also health and social services, education and the clients’ life. The interventionist methodology allows to combine research and development projects aiming to transform the healthcare practices...

... 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...

... a focus group and to reinforce the position of the board members as leading and shaping the work, with the researchers acting as enablers or co-constructors. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Management Managerialism Elderly care Social services This paper provides a critique...

... of achieving maintenance and prevention outcomes. Originality/value – This paper contributes to knowledge on what and how the total integration in Cambridgeshire has benefited users. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Health care Older people Integration Social services Users...

...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...

...‐personal relations between different professionals had become much better developed since the operation of teams. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Agencies Assessment National Health Service Scotland Social services Teams The problems raised by people with dementia are a matter of great...

... 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...