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Social services and Primary Care Groups: a window of collaborative opportunity?
Author(s) -
Hudson Bob
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00252.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , accountability , public relations , dependency (uml) , window of opportunity , resource (disambiguation) , key (lock) , political science , social welfare , primary care , medicine , engineering , geography , computer science , law , computer security , computer network , archaeology , systems engineering , family medicine , aerospace engineering
This paper reports on the findings of two investigations into the relationship between social services and Primary Care Groups (PCGs): a national postal questionnaire and a series of regional seminars. The key findings of both explorations are summarised and placed in the context of other available evidence on the development of PCGs. Issues covered include: the background and status of social services representatives; preparation and support for the board role; feedback and accountability, and early contributions. It is concluded that progress is being made in bringing together the agendas and activities of PCGs and social services, and to a lesser extent the wider local authority, but that important obstacles remain in place. The enduring significance of the resource dependency model needs to be a key factor in emerging partnerships.