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Sea change or quick fix?
— policy on long-term conditions in England | | Author(s) | Bob Hudson |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 13, no 4, July 2005 |
| Pages | pp 378-385 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Long term ; Case work ; Management [care] ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Social policy ; England. |
| Annotation | Long-term conditions is a policy area that has risen rapidly up the political agenda in England, culminating in the development of the National Health Service and Social Care Model in 2005, which is to be implemented over the following 2 years. The Model draws heavily upon US ideas of case management, and proposes the creation of 3,000 community matrons to undertake this role with the most vulnerable patients. Although welcomed in principle, the specific proposals in the Model have been subject to some criticism, and these issues are explored in this paper. The problematic areas include patient identification, transplanting US models to England, the role of case management, workforce and funding issues, and the mix of medical and social models. The author concludes that there is a danger of long-term care policy developing an unduly health-focused approach at a time when the thrust of partnership working is towards an inclusive, whole-system model. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050825208 A |
| Classmark | L4: 4Q: IGA: QA: QAJ: QK6: TM2: 82 |
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