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Editorial

Editorial Peter Thistlethwaite EDITOR Welcome to this new volume of the Journal of • sharing information – we are going to be on the Integrated Care, still going strong after 13 years. That look-out for regular contributions on this key also means 13 years since the implementation of battleground in integrated care the NHS and Community Care Act which occasioned • interprofessional learning – the CUILU team in the creation of the journal. Just a glance at the Sheffield (whom we first met in 2004) has been contents of this Issue confirms how things have commissioned to write further articles throughout moved on over that time, but in the background the year. there are still some frustrating inabilities to change key aspects of care in a way which might benefit the The journal itself will also be geared up to respond user. For example, the current struggle with practically to the needs of readers facing powerful implementing a single assessment process might new policy requirements in their work, of which the have been avoided had the original Community most important currently appear to be in the field Care guidance been adopted fully and evenly across of long-term conditions. This is unquestionably the the country, and the crucial process of information prime historical meeting point for the social and sharing between agencies, professionals and users health care systems we currently know, and around does not yet seem to sit on a stable platform. which wider strategic and community development It is the mission of this journal to provide should be integrated. evidence from a range of sources which might At the end of the year, there will be a specially support implementation of policy and spread good themed Issue on the modernisation of social care. practice solutions. Anyone interested in contributing to this could For 2005 the Board has decided that a number contact me or Jill Manthorpe (jill.manthorpe of themes will be actively pursued. These are: @kcl.ac.uk). • international perspectives – opening the way to We ended 2004 with a special issue on user learning from ideas being created in Europe and empowerment, which will continue to be an elsewhere; this will start in Issue 13.2 and we look important focus for us. To emphasise the point, I forward to other contributions throughout the invited Simon Duffy to expand on the challenge year about the funding of care he raised in the last Issue, • the impact of the new Children Act – Bob Hudson and the result is featured here. I wonder if the is writing an Overview for the next Issue which forces for organisational conservatism will confine we expect to follow with more specific articles on this sort of original thinking to the long grass for the shape that integrated approaches might take the next 13 years? in the world of children’s services (from which we can all learn), and how the interface with adult services might develop 2 Journal of Integrated Care Volume 13 • Issue 1 • February 2005 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Ltd http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Emerald Publishing

Editorial

Thistlethwaite, Peter
Journal of Integrated Care , Volume 13 (1): 1 – Feb 1, 2005
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Peter Thistlethwaite EDITOR Welcome to this new volume of the Journal of • sharing information – we are going to be on the Integrated Care, still going strong after 13 years. That look-out for regular contributions on this key also means 13 years since the implementation of battleground in integrated care the NHS and Community Care Act which occasioned • interprofessional learning – the CUILU team in the creation of the journal. Just a glance at the Sheffield (whom we first met in 2004) has been contents of this Issue confirms how things have commissioned to write further articles throughout moved on over that time, but in the background the year. there are still some frustrating inabilities to change key aspects of care in a way which might benefit the The journal itself will also be geared up to respond user. For example, the current struggle with practically to the needs of readers facing powerful implementing a single assessment process might new policy requirements in their work, of which the have been avoided had the original Community most important currently appear to be in the field Care guidance been adopted fully and evenly across of long-term conditions. This is unquestionably the the country, and the crucial process of information prime historical meeting point for the social and sharing between agencies, professionals and users health care systems we currently know, and around does not yet seem to sit on a stable platform. which wider strategic and community development It is the mission of this journal to provide should be integrated. evidence from a range of sources which might At the end of the year, there will be a specially support implementation of policy and spread good themed Issue on the modernisation of social care. practice solutions. Anyone interested in contributing to this could For 2005 the Board has decided that a number contact me or Jill Manthorpe (jill.manthorpe of themes will be actively pursued. These are: @kcl.ac.uk). • international perspectives – opening the way to We ended 2004 with a special issue on user learning from ideas being created in Europe and empowerment, which will continue to be an elsewhere; this will start in Issue 13.2 and we look important focus for us. To emphasise the point, I forward to other contributions throughout the invited Simon Duffy to expand on the challenge year about the funding of care he raised in the last Issue, • the impact of the new Children Act – Bob Hudson and the result is featured here. I wonder if the is writing an Overview for the next Issue which forces for organisational conservatism will confine we expect to follow with more specific articles on this sort of original thinking to the long grass for the shape that integrated approaches might take the next 13 years? in the world of children’s services (from which we can all learn), and how the interface with adult services might develop 2 Journal of Integrated Care Volume 13 • Issue 1 • February 2005 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Ltd

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