Objective Changing workforce skill-mix is one strategy for improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of health care. Our aim was to summarise available research into the success or …

More than many other areas of policy, the partnership agenda is justified in terms of a desire
to provide better outcomes for service users and patients. While the evidence to support …

This chapter takes further the notion of risk and social work. In it, Stephen Webb, prominent
social theorist and researcher in social work, social welfare and policy, invites us to …

This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care
whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular …

Like many other post-industrial societies, England is facing demographic and political
pressures to reduce the fragmentation of services for older people. Moreover, current …

As the title indicates, this book is preoccupied with the context of social work with older
people, policy that affects the delivery of services, and the consequent implications of both …

Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost
its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why …

In recent years collaborative working has moved from being an optional extra of public
service practice to being a core competency for individuals and teams. Has this led to better …

English Partnerships are a keystone of current policies to 'modernise'health and social
services. This presents new challenges for research and evaluation.'Partnership'is a vague …

Partnership has emerged as a central theme in 'Third Way'politics, rhetoric and policies. It
exemplifies the drive to move beyond the old politics of organising public services, in which …