... purposes. Design/methodology/approach The review used a realist approach, initial searches to identify theory; we then selected 22 publications and extracted programme theories, from which we developed questions from three viewpoints: the service user, the front-line service provider...

... = 8) and practitioners and commissioners (n = 8) to explore needs for a new service. Thematic analysis was used to identify key themes and issues. Several benefits of an integrated service were highlighted by both staff and service users, with a central anticipated benefit being...

...Peter Beresford Purpose This commentary aims to explore the frequent omission of service users and their critiques from the modern history of health and social care integration. Design/methodology/approach The article is based on evidence, particularly the evidence emerging from service users...

...Guy Daly; Annette Roebuck; Jennifer Dean; Fiona Goff; Martin Bollard; Clare Taylor This article presents the findings of an evaluation of the impact on service users of a local authority's individual budgets pilot. The local authority has pursued an outcomes‐focused approach to care planning...

... of diverse stakeholders as vital to the future of health and social care partnerships, and proposes ways in which individuals and organisations from all stakeholder groups can support health and social care organisations to work together to deliver good outcomes to service users and their carers. © Emerald...