title: Joint working. Take your partners.
abstract: The white paper proposals for partnerships in the NHS of the future are much less developed than those for performance. It is unclear whether collaborative activities are discretionary or mandatory. Effective inter-agency co-operation will require central government to give joint working a higher priority.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds University, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006075:Governing Board; D006292:Health Priorities; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom