Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 12 Issue 3

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Mapping the Data Needed to Plan Integrated Services: A Case Study of Children's Services in one Locality

Nick Axford, Jill Madge, Louise Morpeth, Jo Pring

Children's services agencies in England are increasingly expected to work together to plan needsled interventions in their locality. Such planning requires good information on…

Planning for Change? Learning Disability Joint Investment Plans and Implementing the Valuing People White Paper

Linda Ward, Rachel Fyson, Debby Watson

Valuing People outlined ambitious plans for improving services for people with learning disabilities in England. Strategies to realise these goals were to be taken forward through…

Hidden Shame ‐ A Review of the Needs of Asian Elders with Dementia and their Carers in a Kent Community

Tara St. John

This article outlines the findings and general implications of Mental Health Foundation research into the needs of older Asians with dementia and their carers. The project was…

Multi‐Agency Public Protection Arrangements

John Dow

Multi‐agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) involve joint working between agencies involved with certain offenders on their release from prison. This article looks at the…

The Internet: Can you get Away Without it? Supporting the Caring Professions in Accessing Research for Practice

Alice Moseley

This paper argues that staff in the caring professions wishing to use research evidence to inform their practice cannot afford to ignore the Internet, since it is far and away the…

What Users Have to Say about their own Organisations: A Local User‐Controlled Study

Clare Evans, Ruth Evans

Based on the experience of Wiltshire and Swindon Users' Network, this article presents findings from a small user‐controlled study of members' perceptions of their own…

Single Assessment Process for Older People: Training Resources and Guidance

Gillian Crosby