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| Involving communities in health service planning in primary care | | Author(s) | Sue Kirk, Jackie Bailey, Caroline Glendinning |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 5, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 398-407 |
| Keywords | General practice ; Health clinics ; Information services ; Planning [admin] ; Personnel ; Participation ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; North West England. |
| Annotation | Recent health service policy in the UK has emphasised the need to involve local people in health service planning. This paper describes how local communities were involved in the development of Primary Care Resource Centres. These centres are designed to provide a base for delivery of a range of health, social welfare, and information services within a community setting. Four centres in the process of being developed in the north-west were selected for in-depth study. Data was collected by semi-structured interviews with key 'stakeholders': purchasers and providers of primary health care, social care providers, hospital outreach staff, and local community and voluntary group workers. This paper examines how the health service organisations developing the centres involved local communities in planning them, and the obstacles and difficulties encountered. It suggests that lessons can be learned for future community involvement in planning of local health services. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971117010 A |
| Classmark | L5: L6: UV: QA6: QM: TMB: RH: 82NW |
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