Joint Planning across the Health/Social Services Boundary since 1946 |
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| Authors: | Paul Bridgen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Lecturer in Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury ,;2. Research Fellow, Department of Social Administration, University of Edinburgh ,;3. Research Associate, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury , |
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| Abstract: | This article reviews the development of post-war policy on the joint planning of health and social services for older people in the context of broader theoretical ideas about inter-organisational collaboration. It identifies the lack of organisational homogeneity and the absence of domain consensus across the health/social services boundary as the main obstacles to progress. However, the article hrther suggests that, if these problems are to be properly understood, the broader policy context within which joint planning took place must also be investigated. In this regard, the article suggests that central government's attempts to encourage joint planning since the 1960s have repeatedly been hampered by distrust among local agencies of its more general policy intentions in this area. |
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