joined-up

• “He even claimed to have coined in his bath the phrase "joined-up government".”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “Frail elderly patients and those with long-term conditions need joined-up NHS and social care services that focus on prevention and early intervention.”

  The Guardian: One in four hospital patients 'could be recovering at home'

• “Cheshire West and Chester will look at how to pool a single budget of between £3bn and £4bn from over 150 local services; Greater Manchester aims to use joined-up local investment to reduce levels of dependency and to help create 56,000 private sector jobs in the next four years.”

  The Guardian: Council pilot scheme aims to transform local services through pooled budgets

• “We're being asked to change the way in which we do that very good job with financial pressures and a structural re-organisation, neither of which are really designed to deliver joined-up care to a group of people who are already in a complicated place in society.”

  The Guardian: Change rules on drugs for HIV, says top doctor

• “A disjointed rather than joined-up approach and a reactive rather than proactive approach to challenges are not working effectively with the board.”

  The Guardian: Care Quality Commission's leaders 'lack the necessary skills'

• “The MPs want to see an external review of the future of Noms, saying its creation has not led to a joined-up treatment of offenders and it has not proved itself proficient at handling national contracts such as for bail accommodation and facilities management.”

  The Guardian: Probation officers spend 75% of time not dealing with offenders, report finds

• “The impact of such knock-on effects means that we need a more joined-up approach -- a way of tackling these problems that deal with both the causes and the symptoms.”

  The Huffington Post: Jan Eliasson: Joining Up for Women's and Children's Health

• “They include new guarantees that patients will receive an agreed care plan and a named case manager responsible for co-ordinating care for all their needs, and changes to the existing "tariff" system – where hospitals are paid for providing episodes of care – to favour the planning and delivery of ongoing programmes of joined-up care for people with complex health and welfare needs.”

  The Guardian: David Cameron orders merging of health and social care

• “Achieveing joined-up services "will require significant political courage and leadership.”

  The Guardian: David Cameron orders merging of health and social care

• “The first move towards creating joined-up services is likely to see Lansley tell the NHS that it has to give integration the same priority that keeping waiting lists under control has had for the last decade.”

  The Guardian: David Cameron orders merging of health and social care

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