Background Personalised care planning is a collaborative process used in chronic condition
management in which patients and clinicians identify and discuss problems caused by or …

Purpose Given increasing interest in using the capability approach for health economic
evaluations and a growing literature, this paper aims to synthesise current information about …

The latest edition builds on the success of previous volumes with the addition of several new
services and some changes requested by readers. Funded by the Department of Health and …

This has been an important year for how patient care in the English NHS is organised, with
the Health and Social Care Act (2012) introducing substantial changes for the NHS. One of …

Direct payments and personal budgets are two of the most exciting and important
developments in adult social care since the Second World War. From very small-scale …

Background The need to improve the treatment and management of long-term conditions is
the most important challenge facing the NHS. Improving care for people with long-term …

2.1 Background The World Health Organisation estimates that 15% of the world's population
live with a disability and that this number will continue to grow into the future, but with the …

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 …

People with mental health conditions are among the most socially excluded groups in
society. Mental health conditions are influenced by the social environment, which in turn …

Integrating health and social care has long been a goal of policy-makers and practitioners.
Yet, this aim has remained elusive, partly due to conflicting definitions and a weak evidence …