Implementing national care guidelines in local authorities in England and Wales: a theory-of-change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The delivery of high-quality services in chronically underfunded social or long-term care systems is a major challenge internationally. National guidelines, developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, set out how local authorities in England and Wales should fund and provide care based on best available evidence. Theoretical and participatory approaches can usefully inform the design and evaluation of implementation strategies for guidelines. The aim of the study is to develop a Theory-of-Change for how the implementation of these guidelines is expected to lead to impacts from a local authority perspective.

Methods

As part of a comparative case study (The 'Valuing Care Guidelines' study; February 2022 to April 2024) with three local authori

SUBMITTER: Bauer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11470695 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature