The Rituals of Integrated Working
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Rituals of Integrated Working: Promoting and Improving Integrated Care
IRAS ID
302635
Contact name
Jenelle Clarke
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Birkbeck, University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 4 months, 31 days
Research summary
Bringing together services is often when different agencies, such as mental health and social care, join up to coordinate care around patient needs. This is sometimes referred to as ‘joined up’ or ‘integrated care’. However, bringing together services can be very difficult. Different organisations and teams operate differently, and there can be confusion, and sometimes tension, around who will do what, who will pay for it, and who has access to certain types of information. Staff and service users/carers often try to resolve these difficulties through meetings and visits. Unresolved challenges can result in poorer patient care. This study looks at what it is like to deliver and receive joined up care in children and adolescents and older people services. It focuses on how different groups of people come to trust each other and work collaboratively through everyday encounters. Learning from this study will help improve integrated care services.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/WM/0003
Date of REC Opinion
16 Mar 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion