Evaluating case studies of community-oriented integrated care.

This paper summarises a ten-year conversation within London Journal of Primary Care about the nature of community-oriented integrated care (COIC) and how to develop and evaluate it. COIC means integration of efforts for combined disease-treatment and health-enhancement at local, community level. COIC is similar to the World Health Organisation concept of a Community-Based Coordinating Hub - both require a local geographic area where different organisations align their activities for whole system integration and develop local communities for health.

How primary care can contribute to good mental health in adults.

The need for support for good mental health is enormous. General support for good mental health is needed for 100% of the population, and at all stages of life, from early childhood to end of life. Focused support is needed for the 17.

Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Mental Illness in General Practice.

This paper calls for the routine integration of mental health promotion and prevention into UK General Practice in order to reduce the burden of mental and physical disorders and the ensuing pressure on General Practice. The proposals & the resulting document (https://ethicscharity.files.

Community-oriented integrated care and health promotion - views from the street.

On the 1st and 2nd May 2015, participants at the RCGP London City Health Conference debated practical ways to achieve integrated care at community level. In five connected workshops, participants reviewed current work and identified ways to overcome some of the problems that had become apparent. In this paper, we summarise the conclusions of each workshop, and provide an overall comment.

Setting up an IAPT site: the Ealing Mental Health & Well-Being Service.

Key Message: IAPT will succeed or fail on the extent to which it enables partnerships.

Why This Matters To Me: For years I have been working to integrate mental health services in Ealing. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) offers the best chance I have ever known to achieve this, and to make a coordinated impact on the health of the people of Ealing.