title: Partnership working in England-where we are now and where we've come from.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Joint working between health and social care has long been a policy priority in England, with growing interest by the previous New Labour government in achieving 'joined-up solutions to joined-up problems'.
  Against this background, this paper reviews lessons from current and previous partnership initiatives, summarising some of the key approaches adopted and exploring key underlying concepts and frameworks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite a tendency to focus on structural 'solutions', evidence and experience suggests a series of more important processes, approaches and concepts that might help to promote more effective inter-agency working-including a focus on outcomes, consideration of the depth and breadth of relationship required and the need to work together on different levels.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Park House, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2RT, UK.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glasby
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miller