...Brendan Clifford; Sandra Squires; Jenny Layton Wood The case study adds to the relatively less well-developed literature on Health and Wellbeing Boards and their link with Integrated Care Partnerships. Health and wellbeing boards Integrated care partnerships Adult social care Public...

... evidence whether the recently established Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) under the 2012 Health and Social Care Act will help agencies to work together more effectively to improve population health or will go the way of previous initiatives and fall short of their original promise. Design...

... and priorities, including costings and potential savings. These plans were then agreed by the sites and an implementation plan agreed. Integrated care Partnership working Holistic approaches to care Health and wellbeing boards Multidisciplinary teamwork Interagency working Integration between...

... working Public participation Health and Wellbeing boards Local government Involving communities, citizens and service users in the design and delivery of public services is a not new challenge. But, it is one which has often been met by government and other public service providers...

... challenging environment. Originality/value Little has been written on health scrutiny in recent years. This article looks at the potential impacts on and opportunities for health scrutiny under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Members of health and wellbeing boards will be subject to oversight...

...Richard Humphries; John Wilderspin Purpose The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of issues being faced, and likely to have to be faced, in establishing effective health and wellbeing boards. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based the perspective of the Department...

...Richard Humphries; Bill Mumford Purpose The aim of this paper is to bring attention to the current level of engagement of care service provider organisations with shadow health and wellbeing boards. The paper argues that full engagement of provider organisations will improve the effective working...

... is Director of the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham. Jon Glasby is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: j.glasby@bham.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Commissioning of care services Health and social care Health and wellbeing boards...

... 2008‐2010, raised expectations pose a serious challenge. It is possible to identify a number of key issues that must be directly addressed if the process is to fulfil the new expectations. The paper concludes with a call to action for members of health and wellbeing boards to audit the quality...