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. 2011 Jan;11 Spec Ed(Special 10th Anniversary Edition):e002.
doi: 10.5334/ijic.545. Epub 2011 Mar 7.

Partnership working in England-where we are now and where we've come from

Jon Glasby  1 , Helen Dickinson, Robin Miller
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Partnership working in England-where we are now and where we've come from

Jon Glasby et al. Int J Integr Care. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

Introduction: Joint working between health and social care has long been a policy priority in England, with growing interest by the previous New Labour government in achieving 'joined-up solutions to joined-up problems'.

Policy/practice: Against this background, this paper reviews lessons from current and previous partnership initiatives, summarising some of the key approaches adopted and exploring key underlying concepts and frameworks.

Conclusion: Despite a tendency to focus on structural 'solutions', evidence and experience suggests a series of more important processes, approaches and concepts that might help to promote more effective inter-agency working-including a focus on outcomes, consideration of the depth and breadth of relationship required and the need to work together on different levels.

Keywords: health and social care; partnership working.

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Effective partnership working (in theory).
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Theories of change (adapted).
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Depth v breadth.
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Different levels of partnership working.
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