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Introducing role and service changes in health and social care
— the impact and influence of user involvement in England and Wales | | Author(s) | Ruth Young |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 5, pt 2, April 2006 |
| Pages | pp 249-268 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Local Authority ; Coordination ; Consumer ; Participation ; Usage [services] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | A key characteristic of the English and Welsh system of care provision is that the supply function is divided between two types of organisation: the National Health service (NHS) and local authorities. These inter-organisational and related inter-professional divides have long been recognised as problematic from a user and carer viewpoint, and various policy changes have attempted to address them. This paper draws on three different research projects to describe the practical experiences of user and carer involvement in this context. First, the Evaluation of the Health Act 1999 Section 31 flexibilities encouraging more effective service delivery partnerships between the NHS and local authorities in England. Second, a Baseline Study of Partnership Working and Section 31 flexibilities use in Wales. Third, the Evaluation of the NHS Modernisation Agency's Changing Workforce Programme, which implemented new ways of working to improve patient care across health and social care in England. The paper also begins to explore relationships between involvement effectiveness and different types of NHS and local authority partnership as they seek to introduce change and deliver more effective services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060606211 A |
| Classmark | L4: PE: QAJ: WY: TMB: QLD: 4C |
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