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Editorial All of a sudden, community care appears to be on the verge of a critical year. There seems to be a realisation, in the minds of senior people at least, that they must now do something in response to the general policy ideas that have been permeating from government in the last 18 months. Public authorities and service providers alike are becoming aware of the way in which government intends to direct and monitor their performance, and, while this is obviously something of a culture shock for local authorities, it is also significant for people in the NHS who are more used to this style. One can only envisage increasing pressure to deliver on key targets as time slips by towards a new general election campaign in two or so years’ time. This journal has long complained about lack of specific direction from government on community care. It is not now likely that this will be the theme when an editorial is written at the end of next year’s volume of MCC. There may well be plenty of concerns over continuing uncertainties about goals, about goal conflicts, about resource availability if global recession bites, and about the justice http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Pier Professional

Editorial

Thistlethwaite, Peter
Journal of Integrated Care , Volume 6 (6) – Dec 1, 1998
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All of a sudden, community care appears to be on the verge of a critical year. There seems to be a realisation, in the minds of senior people at least, that they must now do something in response to the general policy ideas that have been permeating from government in the last 18 months. Public authorities and service providers alike are becoming aware of the way in which government intends to direct and monitor their performance, and, while this is obviously something of a culture shock for local authorities, it is also significant for people in the NHS who are more used to this style. One can only envisage increasing pressure to deliver on key targets as time slips by towards a new general election campaign in two or so years’ time. This journal has long complained about lack of specific direction from government on community care. It is not now likely that this will be the theme when an editorial is written at the end of next year’s volume of MCC. There may well be plenty of concerns over continuing uncertainties about goals, about goal conflicts, about resource availability if global recession bites, and about the justice

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Journal of Integrated Care – Pier Professional

Published: Dec 1, 1998

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