Making it Work
The Practicalities of Working with the Independent Sector
Edited by Isobel Allen, Liz Perkins and Shirley Bourke Dowling

This publication brings together the papers delivered at the second national Caring for People who Live at Home Conference held by the Policy Studies Institute in 1994, which focused on the practical issues associated with making the mixed economy of care work.

The aim of the conference was to disseminate information about the work of the Caring for People who Live at Home Initiative and to stimulate debate among practitioners through a wide range of workshop sessions.

1995 ISBN 0 85374 659 1
PSI Research Report 781

Contents:

Preface

Opening address
John Bowis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health

Caring for People who Live at Home Initiative: the first two years
Isobel Allen, Policy Studies Institute

Caring for People who Live at Home: wider issues and challenges
Liz Perkins, Policy Studies Institute

Quality measurement: a user approach
Leonie Kellaher, University of North London

Quality measurement: a user approach
Debra Collins and Sylvia Kelly, Age Concern Metro Rochdale

Quality measurement: setting standards
Andrew Cozens and Janet Crampton, North Yorkshire Social Services Department

Quality measurement: setting standards
Anne Whiteley and Susan Younger-Ross, Devon Social Services Department

Costing of social care services
Diana Leat, Research Associate, Policy Studies Institute

Costing of social care services
Mike Morris and John Hall, Shropshire Social Care Enterprise Agency, Shropshire Social Services Department

The role of the purchaser and care manager
Margaret Edwards and Alan Colhoun, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Social Services Department

The role of the purchaser and care manager
Les Bright, Janet Beadle and Jane Mansfield, Cambridgeshire Social Services Department

The independent sector: similarities and differences
Tricia Martyn, Sandwell Social Services Department

The independent sector: similarities and differences
Loraine Martins, Newham Social Services Department

The role of brokerage in developing the independent sector
Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies Institute

Contracting
Heather Stephens, Barnsley Social Services Department

Contracting
Chris Tarling and Gordon Fram, Gloucestershire Social Services Department

Eligibility criteria: implications for the independent sector
Liz Biebuyck, Essex Social Services Department

Health and social care: what future for joint planning?
Zoe Reed, Camden Social Services Department

Health and social care: what future for joint planning?
Ruth Eley, Liverpool Social Services Directorate