title: The partnership imperative: joint working between social services and health.
abstract: This paper explores the partnership between social services and primary care, in one geographical area, in relation to five potential types of obstacle: structural; procedural; financial; professional; and status and legitimacy. It examines the theory of partnership and the Government's attitude towards it. It uses semi-structured interviews with a range of stakeholders to study partnership in practice. Finally, it highlights some of the challenges for the future.
authors.affiliation: Darwen Social Services Department, Blackburn, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holtom
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration