The theme of this collection of essays is partnerships between health and local government. Such partnerships are not new. Nor is discussion of the merits (or otherwise) of collaboration between the two sectors. The history of collaboration between these two sectors of the public services has been chequered to say the least; indeed, the boundary between health and social care has been described as a 'Berlin Wall'.
However, New Labour's ascension to power in 1997 has rekindled an avid interest in this issue. The government's emphasis on partnerships and collaboration has been projected as...

The theme of this collection of essays is partnerships between health and local government. Such partnerships are not new. Nor is discussion of the merits (or otherwise) of collaboration between the two sectors. And the history of collaboration between these two sectors of the public services has been checkered to say the least; indeed, the boundary between health and social care has been described as a 'Berlin Wall'. However, New Labour's ascension to power in 1997 has re-kindled an avid interest in this issue. The Government's emphasis on partnerships and collaboration has been projected as...

Twenty years after the devastating loss of his wife to breast cancer the author has decided to allow the world to read all the love letters they exchanged during their courtship. The correspondence began shortly after they first met in 1967 and continued to a few months before they married in 1970. He was an apprentice engineer in the west London suburbs and his future wife was training to be a teacher at a college near Reading, thirty miles away. It is an uplifting story of two young adults learning about each other and themselves. A tantalizing memoir of how a newfound friendship turns into...