...Roger O’Sullivan Purpose Academic researchers are increasingly required, and rightly so, to demonstrate the impact of their work beyond the gates of the university. This has led to an increasing focus, especially in response to funded calls, on developing research partnerships that cross...

...Yong Lock Ong; Susan Benbow; Sarah Black; Jane Garner The Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, has been involving users and carers in its work since 2002. The model that has been developed involves regular meetings of a consumer group, which was set up in partnership...

...K Froggatt; S Davies; L Atkinson; B Aveyard; S Binney; Y Kent; S McCaffrey; C Townend Partnership working in care homes for older people does happen, but the nature of this approach to improving the care provided in care homes has not been well articulated. Drawing on the experiences...

...Mike Nolan; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Bengt‐Arne Andersson This article outlines a model for gauging the quality of a partnership approach to research that was developed for use in a Research Centre in West Sweden. The Äldre Väst Sjuhärad Centre has as its main goal the promotion...

...Edward Peck; Helen Bowers © MCB UP Limited 2001 Partnerships Intermediate care Concordats Older people Whole systems NHS Plan Comment on policy Concordats for health Edward Peck and Helen Bowers Edward Peck became the Director at the Institute for Applied Health and Social...