...Anthony Farnsworth Purpose Torbay Care Trust has been widely promoted as an effective model of integrated health and social care, and yet the impact of reforms introduced by the previous and current governments has been to destabilise its partnership coherence and its organisational form...

...Chris Ham; John Oldham This paper reports on experience in making use of Health Act flexibilities and care trusts. Three areas were chosen for study because they were known to have attached priority to health and social care integration and were at the leading edge of development. Drawing...

...Jon Glasby; Edward Peck; Marion Davis Based on a workshop commissioned by the West Midlands branch of the Association of Directors of Social Services, this editorial considers possible alternatives to care trusts. Although the recent consultation on a new vision for adult social care emphasises...

...Bob Hudson Within the space of three years, the Department of Health oscillated between a commitment to partnership working and the imposition of structural change in the pursuit of integrated care. The idea of care trusts which integrate health and social care functions acquired political currency...

... Trusts Confidentiality John Dow s From Partnership in Action to legal column Care Trusts ABSTRACT This article will examine the legal basis for joint working between health and social services and will look at some of the problem areas in the implementation of partnership arrangements. KEY WORDS...