Joining it up? Health and Wellbeing Boards in English Local Governance
Evidence from Clinical Commissioning Groups and Shadow Health and Wellbeing Boards
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6303410 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Coleman (0000-0002-1866-7036, University of Manchester), Kath Checkland (0000-0002-9961-5317, University of Manchester), Julia Segar (0000-0002-6507-820X, University of Manchester), Imelda Mcdermott (0000-0002-1949-2362, University of Manchester), Stephen Harrison (0000-0001-5951-3300, University of Manchester), Stephen Peckham (0000-0002-7002-2614, University of Kent) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 560-580 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2013.841578 |
| OpenAlex | W2093295107 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
Statutory responsibility for health care and social care has long been separated between National Health Service (NHS) bodies and local government authorities. Repeated policy attempts to promote service integration through collaboration between such authorities have achieved little. The latest of such policy interventions are the Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) established by the 2012 Health and Social Care Act (HSCA) alongside a range of other organisational innovations, including Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). These organisations await full legal and operational status but have begun to develop structures and processes. HWBs are intended to lead the integrated assessment of local needs to inform both NHS health and local authority social care commissioners. We undertook detailed qualitative case studies in eight CCGs during 2011-2012 and here report observational and interview data related to CCGs' perspectives and observations of early HWB developments. We found that developing HWBs vary greatly in their structure and approach, but we also identified a number of significant issues that are familiar from earlier research into health and social care integration. These include heavy dependence on voluntary agreements to align the strategic plans of the many different new statutory bodies; a significant role for mundane organisational processes in determining the extent of effective co-operation; and problems arising from factors such as size and the arrangements of local boundaries. s© 2014 Taylor & Francis
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| Citations per year | 0.55 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |