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Joint commissioning - talking heads on the road to nowhere?
— Briefing no 4 from the Joint Community Care Commissioning Project | | Author(s) | Richard Poxton |
| Corporate Author | Joint Community Care Commissioning Project, King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development |
| Publisher | King's Fund, London, 1995 |
| Pages | 13 pp |
| Keywords | Services ; Community care ; Social Services Departments ; Health Authorities and Trusts ; Coordination ; Projects. |
| Annotation | This is the last Briefing before the Project's final report. It continues the theme of achieving change through joint commissioning, and questions whether it can really lead to significant improvement in the quality of life for older people, the specific focus of the Project. In general, there has been limited progress because of competing demands. There are some signs that joint commissioning can bring about some important changes for the better, affecting older people's health and social care. In the longer term, other issues affecting the boundary between health and social care will have to be considered: new skill mixes among those delivering health and social care; joint assessments and joint packages; dealing with charging anomalies between health and social care services; the impact of a Primary Care led NHS on opportunities for joint working, particularly at local level; and tackling older people's increased isolation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991012206 B |
| Classmark | I: PA: PF: L4A: QAJ: 3E |
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