Health and Social Services Committee

Policy Review: Interface between Health and Social Care

Consultation Letter

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9 October 2003

Review of the Interface between Health and Social CareThe Health and Social Services Committee of the National Assembly for Wales is undertaking a review of the effectiveness of arrangements for the joint planning and delivery of health and social care services.I am writing to invite you to submit written evidence to the Committee.The aims of the review are to evaluate the effectiveness of joint working and co-operation between the health and social care services; to identify good practice and to offer recommendations to improve joint working and co-operation between the key agencies.The terms of reference for the review are:i. To review the mechanisms for joint planning and provision of services in health and social care and the quality of the evidence base;ii. to examine the accountability arrangements for joint planning and service provision;iii. to evaluate the effects (both positive and negative) that decisions in one service can have on another;iv. to examine key areas that impact on the quality and provision of a seamless service, particularly:

• hospital discharge
• intermediate care
• residential and nursing home services
• domiciliary care services
• involvement of the independent and private sectors
• support for carers.

v. to review the role of health and social services in promoting the independence of patients and the prevention of unnecessary admission or re-admission to hospital.If you wish to submit evidence please send, preferably by e-mail or on disk, otherwise in hard copy, to Claire Morris, Deputy Committee Clerk , Health and Social Services Committee, Committee Secretariat, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay CF99 1NA. The e-mail address is health-soc-serv.comm@wales.gsi.gov.uk. Please entitle the e-mail Policy Review 2003-04.Submissions should be sent to arrive by Friday 12 December 2003. All submissions will be acknowledged. It may not be possible to take into account responses received after this date.When putting together your submission would you please keep the following in mind:

• Evidence should be factual not anecdotal.
• Your response should be as succinct as possible.
• The National Assembly normally publishes responses to public consultation and they may also be seen and discussed by Assembly Members at Committee meetings. If you do not want your response or name published it is important that you specify this at the end of your submission.
• Please indicate whether you are responding on behalf of an organisation, or as an individual.
• Please indicate whether or not you would be prepared to give oral evidence to the Committee.

The Committee will consider responses to the written consultation early in the New Year before taking oral evidence in February and March.If you have any queries please contact me on 029 2089 8149 or Claire Morris, the Deputy Clerk (tel 029 2089 8148).The Committee is proposing to appoint an expert adviser to support its work on the review. I am enclosing a copy of the job specification for your information. I should be grateful if you would pass this on to any colleagues who may be interested.Jane Westlake
Clerk to the CommitteeConsultation ListAge Concern Cymru
All Wales Ethnic Minority Association
All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers
All Wales Medical Directors Group
All Wales Network Committees
All Wales NHS Physiotherapy Committee
All Wales Professional Heads of Occupational Therapy Services Group
All Wales Speech and Language Therapy Committee
Alzheimers Society
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Wales
Association of Approved Domiciliary Care Providers in North Wales
Association of Directors of Social Services
Association of Educational Psychologists
Association of Retired and Persons over 50
Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham
Association of Welsh Community Health Councils
Audit Commission in WalesBridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations
British Association of Community and Child Health
British Association of Occupational Therapists
British Association of Social Workers
British Dietetic Association
British Heart Foundation
British Medical Association Wales
British Orthopaedic Association
British Society for Rheumatology Care and Repair Cymru
Care Council for Wales
Care for Wales Public Policy
Care Forum Wales
Care Standards Inspectorate, Wales
Carers Centres
Carers National Association in Wales
Carers Outreach Service
Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services
Centre for Evidence Based Social Services, Exeter University
Centre for Health Leadership Wales
Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle
Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Warwick
Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent
Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Services
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru
Children in Wales
Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Clinical Effectiveness Support Unit
College for Occupational Therapists (Welsh Committee)
Commission for Health Improvement
Commission for Racial Equality
Community Health Councils- Chairs
Community Health Councils- Chief Officers
Community Pharmacy Wales
Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association
Community Service Volunteers
Consumers Association
Conwy Council for Voluntary Services
Crossroads WalesDaybreak Wales
Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council
Diabetes UK Cymru
Disability Rights Commission
Disability Wales
Down's Syndrome AssociationEpilepsy Wales
Equal Opportunities CommissionFlintshire Local Voluntary CouncilGwent Association of Voluntary Organisations
Gwent Postgraduate Medical CentreHealth and Social Care Research Support Units:

• SE Wales - Professor Gareth Williams, Director, (Cardiff University / UWCM)
• Mid and West Wales - Professor John williams, Postgraduate Medical School, Swansea University
• Primary Care Research Support Unit, Professor Clare Wilkinson, UWCM / Dept of General Practice, Wrexham

Health Commission Wales
Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University
Health Professions Wales
Help the Aged CymruInstitute for Applied Health and Social Policy, King’s College, London
Institute of Health Services Management - Welsh Division
Institute of Medical and Social Care Research, Bangor University
Institute of Welsh AffairsLocal Authorities - Chairs
Local Authorities - Directors of Education
Local Authorities - Directors of Social Services,
Local Authorities Chief Executives
Local Health Boards - Chairs
Local Health Boards - Chief Executives
Local Health Boards - Finance Directors
Local Health Boards - Medical Directors
Local Health Boards - Nursing Directors
Local Medical Committees
Long Term Medical Conditions AllianceManatell Gwynedd
Medical Practice Committee
Medical Research Council
MENCAP Cymru
Merthyr Tydfil Voluntary Action
MIND Cymru
Motor Neurone Disease AssociationNational Association for Patient Participation
National Association for Sick Children / Action for Sick Children
National Association of Hospital and Community Friends
National Audit Office Wales
National Autistic Society in Wales
National Old Age Pensioners’ Association of Wales
National Patient Safety Agency
National Public Health Service
National Schizophrenia Fellowship
Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services
Neville Hall Postgraduate Medical Centre
NEWI - Dean of the Faculty of Health Studies
NHS Confederation in Wales
NHS Staff College
NHS Trusts - Chairs
NHS Trusts - Complaints Managers
NHS Trusts - Directors of Finance
NHS Trusts - Directors of Nursing
NHS Trusts - HR directors
NHS Trusts - IT Managers
NHS Trusts Chief Executives
Nuffield Foundation
Nuffield Institute for Health, University of LeedsParkinson’s Disease Society
Patients’ Association
Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Organisations
Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations
Powys CarersRenal Association
RNIB Cymru
RNID Cymru
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Nursing Wales
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Royal College of Physicians Wales Region
Royal College of Psychiatrists- Wales
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Royal College of Surgeons, Welsh Office
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Royal Society for the Prevention of AccidentsSchool of Healthcare Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine
School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University
Scope Cwmpas Cymru
SCOVO
SENSE Cymru
Shared Care Network
Social Care Association
Social Services Research Group
Society of Radiographers - Regional Officer for Wales
Stroke Association
Swansea Council for Voluntary Service
Swansea University School of Health ScienceThe Commission for Racial Equality
Torfaen Voluntary AllianceUNISON Cymru
University of Glamorgan School of Health Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
University of Wales Bangor - Dean of Faculty
University of Wales Bangor School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Wales College of Medicine
University of Wales College of Medicine - Department of Community Child Health
University of Wales College of Medicine School of Nursing Studies
UWIC - Faculty of Community Health StudiesVale of Glamorgan Council of Voluntary Services
Voluntary Action Cardiff
Wales Association of County Voluntary Action
Wales Centre for Health
Wales Council for the Blind
Wales Council for the Deaf
Wales Council for the Disabled
Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Wales Neurological Alliance
Wales Pensioners
Wales TUC - General Secretary
Welsh Asian Council
Welsh Consumer Council
Welsh Federation of Housing Associations
Welsh Local Government Association
Welsh Medical Committee
Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting
Welsh Nursing & Midwifery Advisory Committee
Ynys Môn Voluntary ServicesJournalsBritish Medical Journal
Community Care
Community Practitioner
Health and Social Care in the Community
Health Service Journal
Nursing TimesNewspapers (Health Correspondents)Daily Post
South Wales Argus
South Wales Echo
South Wales Evening Post
Western Mail