Planning research

Research Policy and Planning

Current initiatives in the UK are placing a greater emphasis on collaboration between primary care and other organisations such as social services, as well as on community participation. This paper reviews the development of primary care groups, examines their organisation and explores their potential to deliver improved collaboration and participation. Drawing on recent research evidence the p...

Research Planning Assignment 2

Research Planning A2

Research, Policy and Planning

Health and social care partnership working is a central feature of the current government’s approach to public policy. Yet despite this, and a proclaimed interest in evidence-based policy, partnerships have not empirically demonstrated that they produce better outcomes for service users. This is problematic because if partnerships are seen to have not delivered, this may result in the concept l...

Research, Policy and Planning

Objective: This paper aims to identify older people’s preferences from a range of supported living environments. It compares the importance of privacy and physical space, physical care, domestic services, security, social activities, and control or autonomy in future accommodation. Random sampling procedures were used to draw a proportional sample of people aged 70 years and over from each rura...