JOINT WORKING

Putting our heads together: what makes senior joint posts work? (17th March 2010)
As the downturn begins to pressurise public services and an ageing population continues to exacerbate the burden of long-term conditions, many health and social care organisations are beginning to look afresh at how working together might be a solution.

With the integration agenda rising in prominence once again, we surveyed some of the prominent figures who embody the strengths and challenges of closer joint working: senior leaders whose posts cut across the traditional boundaries between health and local government. Based on these interviews, this discussion paper looks at the factors that help and hinder success in a joint post and what local and national leaders can learn from this.
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Building a safe and confident future: implementing the recommendations of the Social Work Task Force (17th March 2010)
A joint implementation plan from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in partnership with the Social Work Reform Board.
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JOINT WORKING

Moving beyond sponsorship: Interactive toolkit for joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry (5th March 2008)
In February 2007, the Ministerial Industry Strategy Group published its Long-Term Leadership Strategy for medicines. To encourage joint working between the NHS and pharmaceutical industry it recommended that the Department would develop an interactive toolkit to support this. The purpose of this toolkit is to: encourage NHS organisations and staff to consider joint working as a realistic option for the delivery of high-quality healthcare; and provide the necessary information and have easy access to the tools which will help to enter into joint working.
Click here for the Toolkit