Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 23 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Stewart Greenwell, Jane Green

Introduction

Andrew Goodall

Integrating occupational therapy services – playing the long game

Janet Kelly

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the critical areas of work in any long-term strategy to develop integrated occupational therapy services across health and social…

Stranger danger! What’s the real challenge in integration? : A perspective from a housing association and care and nursing home provider

Anne Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the complexities involved in delivering seamless patient-centred care across organisational boundaries. There is particular focus on how…

Breaking the cycle: Collaborating and behaving differently to improve the outcomes and experiences of missing children

Kerry Wade

The purpose of this paper is to explore how, by encouraging all key stakeholders to “play nicely and act maturely” to share responsibility, the author was able to improve outcomes…

Because it’s there …: Voluntary councils reflect on contributing to strategic planning for integrated services for older people in Cwm Taf

Sharon Richards, Anne Morris, Stewart Greenwell

The purpose of this paper is to understand the strategic role of third-sector agencies, with a history that often left them “sidelined” by the public sector, showing how all…

Collaboration: “easy to say, difficult to do”

Christopher Edmunds, Kerry KilBride

The purpose of this paper is to recount 12 months of a pioneering collaboration between the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, five local authorities and nine registered…

“Bringing the future to life: Maureen’s postcard to Beryl”=North Wales Regional Single Point of Access Programme

Jane Moore

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the journey so far for the North Wales Regional Single Point of Access (SPOA) through the lens of programme manager with views from the…