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    10 July 2008

Building effective partnerships: Practical strategies to enable meaningful collaboration in public services – Birmingham, 16 September 2008

After many years of working in silos, UK public services are now finally waking up to the reality that the only way that we can achieve our objectives is to work together in partnership.

The event provides a practical how to guide, designed to enable you to better undertake effective joint working.

Implementing Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: pitfalls, possibilities and progress - April 2008

The Integrated Care Network and the Department of Health commissioned the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham to conduct a national survey to explore preparations underway locally for implementing JSNA, key barriers and enablers, and the potential implications for the delivery of the NHS and Local Government White Papers.

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