This report assesses the progress and outcomes of the process of modernisation initiated in Modernising Social services (1998) and developed in Independence, Well-being, and Choice (2005) and Our Health, Our Care, Our Say (2006) and related policies. It draws on eleven research studies commissioned by the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme, between 2003 and 2007.

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