As Rhodes (1999, p 12) comments, 'this means agreeing with the objectives of others, not just persuading them that you were right all along, or resorting to sanctions when they disagree'. This in turn implies a localised nature, ...
Against this background, this is the first comprehensive text on a key area of management practice , exploring what commissioning is, where it has come from and where it might be taking us.
Unlike direct payments, personal budgets can also be used to purchase public services (as well as private and voluntary services), and this spectrum of control could be especially relevant for some mental health service users.
This book forms part of a series entitled Promoting Partnership for Health published in association with the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).
Mitton, C. and Donaldson, C. (2004) The priority setting toolkit: aguide to the use ofeconomics in health care decision making, London: BMJ – provides a practical guide to conducting PBMA in priority setting. • Williams, I., Robinson ...
Act 2003 87 Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 105–6, 113 community empowerment 43 community health councils ... 77–8 NHS spending 2 personal budgets 107 social security reforms 30 user involvement policies 139 welfare benefit ...
The 1996 Community Care (Direct Payments) Act came into force in 1 April 1997, empowering social services departments to make cash payments to some service users in lieu of direct...
Kelly, A. and Symonds, A. (2003) The social construction of community nursing, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Kendall, J. and Knapp, M. (1996) The voluntary sector in the UK, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
This highly regarded book offers a clear and considered guide to modern mental health policy and practice.
It is invaluable for all those who have to make informed decisions regarding hospital discharge, including doctors, nursing managers and healthcare managers throughout primary and secondary care, as well as social care managers and staff, ...
This book forms part of a series entitled Promoting Partnership for Health published in association with the UK Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).
Based on successful commissioning-related MSc programmes and short courses, this title provides an introduction to commissioning for health and social care managers and policy makers.
... disability' in order to reflect the growing demand by disabled people and their allies for: nothing more fundamental than a switch away from focusing on the physical limitations of particular individuals to the way in which the physical ...
Published in association with Community CareThis book provides a 'warts and all' introduction to partnership working, summarising current policy and research, setting out useful frameworks and approaches, and helping policy makers and ...
Against this background, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of both health and social care.
This edited book provides a hard-hitting and deliberately provocative overview of the relationship between evidence, policy and practice, how policy is implemented and how research can and should influence the policy process.
... children's services and inter-agency adult services runs the risk of creating an even bigger gap between the two at ... Perspectives on Integrated Services (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan) Leading textbook reviewing the Every Child ...
Fully updated to reflect key developments under the New Labour and Coalition governments, this second edition of Understanding Health and Social Care provides an up-to-date guide to the increasingly important partnership between health and ...