TY - JOUR
AU - M. A. Durand
AU - G. Wistow
AU - N. Mays
A1 - 
AB - This paper introduces an evaluation of community-based, integrated health and social care multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs), primarily serving older people with long-term conditions, undertaken as part of the wider evaluation (2015-2022) of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneer Programme in England (2013-2018). To explain the context within which the MDT evaluation was undertaken, we first outline a brief history of health and social care integration policy in England, describe the Pioneer Programme and the requirements of the national 'longer-term' evaluation of the Pioneers. We then explain our rationale for focusing on MDTs, describe our conceptual framework of MDT functioning and provide a brief description of the evaluation design and methods, highlighting four overarching challenges we faced in undertaking it. We then briefly describe the individual papers that constitute the current supplement.
AD - Associate Professor, Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.; Visiting Professor, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics, London, UK.; Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.; Professor of Health Policy, and Director, Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
AN - 40682525
BT - J Health Serv Res Policy
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 1_suppl
DA - Jul
DO - 10.1177/13558196251349363
DP - NLM
ET - 20250719
IS - 1_suppl
JF - J Health Serv Res Policy
LA - eng
N2 - This paper introduces an evaluation of community-based, integrated health and social care multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs), primarily serving older people with long-term conditions, undertaken as part of the wider evaluation (2015-2022) of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneer Programme in England (2013-2018). To explain the context within which the MDT evaluation was undertaken, we first outline a brief history of health and social care integration policy in England, describe the Pioneer Programme and the requirements of the national 'longer-term' evaluation of the Pioneers. We then explain our rationale for focusing on MDTs, describe our conceptual framework of MDT functioning and provide a brief description of the evaluation design and methods, highlighting four overarching challenges we faced in undertaking it. We then briefly describe the individual papers that constitute the current supplement.
PY - 2025
SN - 1355-8196 (Print); 1355-8196
SP - 1s
EP - 10s+
ST - Evaluating the role of community-based multi-disciplinary teams in England's Pioneer integrated health and social care programme: Setting the scene
T1 - Evaluating the role of community-based multi-disciplinary teams in England's Pioneer integrated health and social care programme: Setting the scene
T2 - J Health Serv Res Policy
TI - Evaluating the role of community-based multi-disciplinary teams in England's Pioneer integrated health and social care programme: Setting the scene
U1 - Education & Workforce
U3 - 10.1177/13558196251349363
VL - 30
VO - 1355-8196 (Print); 1355-8196
Y1 - 2025
ER -