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Editorial Rachel Perkins and Julie Repper Pathways to where? Some thoughts about care pathways and recovery There are many different agencies that offer support to people with mental health challenges, but too often the system is characterised by confusion, repetition, delay, duplication of efforts and gaps: A person’s care may be provided by several different health and social care professionals, across different providers. As a result people can experience health and social care services that are fragmented, difficult to access and not based around their (or their carers’) needs (Department of Health, 2014, p. 1). This situation has led to a number of initiatives to achieve better integration of care[1]. In 2016, NHS organisations and local councils came together to form 44 “Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships” covering the whole of England. In some areas these partnerships are developing even closer collaboration in an “Integrated Care System” and “Vanguards” have been identified to lead on the development of new care models. In order to achieve better integrated care for individuals, “integrated care pathways” have been developed[2]. The aim is to describe a chain of care “to meet the needs of patients with a certain condition by linking primary care, hospital care http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mental Health and Social Inclusion Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
2042-8308
DOI
10.1108/MHSI-02-2019-059
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Abstract

Rachel Perkins and Julie Repper Pathways to where? Some thoughts about care pathways and recovery There are many different agencies that offer support to people with mental health challenges, but too often the system is characterised by confusion, repetition, delay, duplication of efforts and gaps: A person’s care may be provided by several different health and social care professionals, across different providers. As a result people can experience health and social care services that are fragmented, difficult to access and not based around their (or their carers’) needs (Department of Health, 2014, p. 1). This situation has led to a number of initiatives to achieve better integration of care[1]. In 2016, NHS organisations and local councils came together to form 44 “Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships” covering the whole of England. In some areas these partnerships are developing even closer collaboration in an “Integrated Care System” and “Vanguards” have been identified to lead on the development of new care models. In order to achieve better integrated care for individuals, “integrated care pathways” have been developed[2]. The aim is to describe a chain of care “to meet the needs of patients with a certain condition by linking primary care, hospital care

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Mental Health and Social InclusionEmerald Publishing

Published: Feb 12, 2019

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