Partnership Working in Public Health: The Implications for Governance of a Systems Approach

Abstract

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Partnerships: survey respondents’ perceptions of inter-professional collaboration to address alcohol-related harms in England

“…The requirement to work in partnership and the role of some people to foster and build partnership working is part of the policy drive towards establishing partnership working as a primary vehicle for service delivery but one which may exacerbate rather than mitigate existing tensions between professional groups and reduce the chances of changing professional behaviour. Similar reservations regarding formal, strategic partnerships in public health in England have been reported by Hunter and Perkins (2012). This trend was also noted by Mitchell and Shortell (2000) in relation to community health partnerships in the United States.…”

“…As Wildridge et al (2004) noted, The New NHS: Modern Dependable (1997, placed a formal duty of partnership between the National Health Service, local authorities, local voluntary and for-profit organisations. In their study of partnerships in public health , Hunter and Perkins (2012) confirm the shift towards more regulated, monitored and statutory relationships which, they argue, may not be the best model to address complex health and social issues. The trend was equally pronounced in criminal justice where New Labour imposed a duty of partnership on some organisations, for example Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs), which have mandatory partners (Crawford 1997).…”

“…As partnership working expands and, possibly, shifts towards more formal and contractual approaches to governance and management, evidence from practice becomes increasingly important (Hunter and Perkins 2012).…”

Partnership working in sport and physical activity promotion: An assessment of processes and outcomes in community sports networks

“…This is because partnership approaches have become so ingrained in governance and the process of governing (Hunter and Perkins, 2012). Hence, the salience of local partnership working for devising and implementing local initiative might in some respects increase.…”

Systemic Thinking and Working Partnership: A Cross Sectional Study in the South of Iran, 2015

“…Working partnership is less focused on rigid structures and much more on relational factors like trust and goodwill 13 . In fact, working participation in organization leads to increased job satisfaction and the quality of their working life.…”