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Managing social care — charting the cultural changes in local authorities
Author(s)	Brian Hardy, Gerald Wistow
Corporate Author	Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds; Personal Social Services Research Unit - PSSRU, London School of Economics and Political Science
Journal title	Evidence, briefing paper 3, January 1999
Pages	4 pp
Source	J.Prudhoe@leeds.ac.uk
Keywords	Services ; Social Services Departments ; Management [care] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys.
Annotation	The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 introduced far-reaching changes to the organisation and delivery of social care. This study examines the changing attitudes and behaviours in local authorities as they continue to implement the post-Griffiths changes in personal social services. Issues explored with officers and members include the role of markets in social care and the obstacles and incentives to developing them; needs mapping; and the potential of the non-statutory sector to supply services. Not only did the researchers find significant cultural shifts, they also identified a skills gap that could have implications for future effectiveness and efficiency in partnerships with users and professionals. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990420201 P
Classmark	I: PF: QA: TOB: 3F
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