Strong primary care does not develop spontaneously but requires a well-developed
organizational planning between levels of care. Primary care-oriented health systems are …

Prevention has become increasingly central in social care policy and commissioning
strategies within the United Kingdom (UK). Commonly there is reliance on understandings …

The policy implementation process is often overlooked when policy is introduced potentially
leading to policy failure. This is particularly relevant in complex policy areas where there is a …

Social enterprises, which are businesses with social objectives, have been championed by
the UK government as an opportunity to deliver more innovative, socially oriented, and …

Social workers in England are key professionals involved in addressing safeguarding
concerns affecting adults with learning disabilities, including the risk of harm from domestic …

Over recent years, a preventative approach has been promoted within adult social care
policy and practice in England. However, progress has been somewhat inconsistent, in part …

The Care Act 2014 provides for 'parity of esteem'between people with social care needs and
carers. This is achieved by extending the principles of prevention and wellbeing to carers; …

Strengths-based social work is a deceptively simple approach that is conflated with
community strengths-based models, causing confusion for local authority commissioning …

Increasing frailty or a medical crisis threatens older people's autonomy. Further threats may
arise from adult children if such changes or events are perceived as permitting or signalling …

Two decades have passed since the devolution of social care policy, with key differences
emerging between the UK's four systems, but what impact have these differences had? This …