Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 24 Issue 5/6

Editorial

Robin Miller, Jon Glasby, Sue White

The Digital House of Care: information solutions for integrated care

Andrew Muirhead, Derek George Ward, Brenda Howard

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a digital tool in an English county striving towards a vision of integrated information that is used to underpin an…

The impact of the Health and Social Care Act, 2012 on the health and wellbeing of rough sleepers

James Sebastian Fuller

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the Health and Social Care Act, 2012 on London’s rough sleepers as seen from the perspective of one former homeless service…

Delayed discharges within community hospitals: A qualitative study investigating the perspectives of frontline health and social care professionals

Lynne Mann

The purpose of this paper is to understand the perspectives of frontline health and social care professionals in relation to delays in discharge from community hospitals.

Care coordination for adults and older people: The role and contribution of the non-statutory sector

Michele Abendstern, Rowan Jasper, Nik Loynes, Jane Hughes, Caroline Sutcliffe, David Challis

The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into the contribution and experiences of non-statutory sector (voluntary) services delivering care coordination.

Developing a joint outcomes contracting model for integrated health and social care for older people

Jenny Billings, Alison Davis

Current debates surrounding the NHS contract in England are suggesting that it is in need of change to support an integrated health and social care transformation agenda that…

Integrated working and intergenerational projects: A study of the use of sporting memories

Michael Clark, Charlie Murphy, Tony Jameson-Allen, Chris Wilkins

The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion about, and the development of the evidence-base underpinning integrated working for intergenerational working. It discusses…

Complexity in programme evaluations and integration studies: what can it tell us?

Axel Kaehne

Complexity received increasing attention from researchers in integration and evaluation studies. Complex adaptive systems are the most prominent formulation of complexity used in…