Analyzing Outcomes and Barriers in Health and Social Care Partnerships

This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of partnership working in health and social care, focusing on the potential outcomes and barriers faced by service users, professionals, and organizations. It explores both the positive impacts, such as enhanced services and collaborative idea generation, and the negative aspects, including conflicts and miscommunication. The report identifies various barriers, categorized as structural, procedural, financial, and professional, and discusses their effects on partnership effectiveness. Strategies for overcoming these barriers are suggested, including the adoption of new policies, improved communication, and the integration of services. The report also examines the positive and negative outcomes for both service users and professionals, emphasizing the importance of clear roles, effective communication, and financial support. Finally, the report stresses the need for systematic evaluation of outcomes, utilizing specific indicators to measure the success of integrated care and collaborative working, and suggests ways for Akar Care Ltd. to enhance efficiency and improve the quality of services. The report concludes by highlighting the significance of mutual agreement and understanding in providing effective services to clients and patients.

Working in Partnership in Health
and Social Care

3.1 Evaluate possible outcomes of partnership
working for users of services, professionals
and organisations
There are both positive and negative aspects of the of
working in partnership, the same are briefly
described below:
Positive outcomes for
service users
Negative outcomes for
service users
 Services can be
enhanced by
working
together as new
ideas can be
developed. It is
possible due to
the reason that
working
together always
helps in sharing
views and
thoughts and
services can be
 Due to the
partnership there
are various
chances of arising
conflicts due to
miscommunication
and ego clashes of
employees.
 The chance of the
delivery of extra
and duplicate data
or services
increases due to
the
3. 2 Analyse the potential barriers to
partnership working in health
and social care services
There are various barriers to the firm
that works in partnership in health and
social care services. The same are
discussed below:
Structural barriers: Every
organisation has its own structure and
it differs for another companies. It
makes difficult while doing partnership
with different structure organisation
due to the differences. These leads to
lack in providing proper services and
service users can get dissatisfied
through the same. These barriers in the
structure also make it difficult for
employees to adopt each others
different culture and working
environment changes (Smith, Cheater
and Bekker, 2015).
Procedural barriers: Every
3.3 Strategies to improve
outcomes for partnership
working in health and social
care services
Partnership and
collaborative working benefits
health and social care units as they
can manage effective
communication and provides
effective healthcare services to
people. Partnership working will
allow social care units to enhance
and ensure better services to its
customers. New policies and
procedures made in collaborative
working will facilitate health and
social care units. Akar Care Ltd.
Aims at increasing efficiency of
employees and to make better
utilization of available resources,
therefore makes policies for
collaboration.

improved by the
same (World
Health
Organization,
2014).
 New polices
and process can
help the service
users in getting
services more
fast and in
effective
manner.
mismanagement in
the service and
home care (Paul
and et.al., 2015).
Positive outcomes of
the partnership
working for the
organisations
negative outcomes of
the partnership
working for the
organisations
 Comprehensive
provision of
services might be
rendered by the
 Cost might be
raised.
 Loss of shared
organisation has its own way of
dealing with the situations and also
every establishment differs in the way
they render services. Service users
finds it more difficult at the time of
partnership to take services in
inappropriate manner. As it is difficult
to adopt different processes and
policies at the time of partnership
working in health and social care
services. So it is also one of the barrier
that is being faced by the organisations
(Glasby and Dickinson, 2014).
Various strategies needs to be
adopted by Akar care Ltd. to
improve results and outcomes for
collaborative working with health
and social care. Strategies will
facilitate better utilization of
available resources and brings
effective outcomes.
Akar Care Ltd. needs to maintain
and develop efficiency of its staff
members and also aim at
increasing their capability to meet
target goals and objectives. Akar
Care Ltd. needs to ensure that its
staff members are capable of
providing quality services to
clients and making them satisfied.
Partnership working can bring
positive results when both
companies have mutual

partnership for
organisation.
 Operation and
working on the
principle of
sharing.
 Logical
approaches.
 The services
which are
provided should
be integrated.
 Common
practices of
working.
purpose.
 Breakdown of
communication Financial barriers: It is not at all
necessary that organisation which are
coming together in form of a
partnership have same financial
resources. And every company
operates after knowing their financial
limits and operates accordingly. Hence,
it is easy for the organisation to run
and operate the service system as per
their financial strength. But in
partnership this ia big barrier of
finance that is faced and creates
problem in carrying partnership
business.
Professional barrier: Organisation
operates as per the rules and regulation
that are being set at the time of its
incorporation. It is the duty of
management to effectively enhance
and modify certain policies as per the
demand of situation and market
understanding.
Therefore, partnership strategies
needs to made by considering
understanding and objectives of
both collaborative organisations.
Partnership with health and social
care will benefit joint training for
staff members and it will also
appropriate training and

Positive outcomes of
the partnership
working for the
professionals
Negative outcomes of the
partnership working for
the professionals
 The roles and
responsibilities
are clearly
mentioned.
 Organised as
well as
effective
communication
.
 The competition
will be raised in
between the
professional.
 Chances of
miscommunication
.
 Mismanagement of
financial support.
competition. But due to the different
working environment and policies of
the company it makes it difficult to run
the business in partnership. As both the
social care which are establishing the
new partnership has to adopt each
other culture and working system
(Amans, 2017). It makes difficult for
employees working with the social care
and ultimately it affects the business of
health and social cares.
developments programs which
will improve capabilities and
efficiency of employees.
Strategies needs to facilitate
optimum and best utilization of
available resources so that quality
services can be provided to
patients and clients. Both
collaborative organisation needs to
lay down clear policies,
procedures, protocols and
systematic information while
forming strategies so that effective
results can be achieved. Views,
ideas and suggestion to improve
strategies needs to stated by both
partnership organisation as this
will help in developing effective
strategies.
Akar Care Ltd. Needs to develop

 Fraudulent
activities will
be minimized.
 Optimum
utilization of
resources.
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strategies for evaluating results
and outcomes after doing
collaboration with health and
social care systems. Strategies
needs to include specific
performance indicators that
measures effectiveness of
partnership. Indicators can
measure success in form of
analysing ration of improved
health care facilities, satisfaction
of patients and clients, efficiency
of staff members, development
level of both organisation involved
in partnership working, etc.
Collaborative working with health
and social care will facilitate when
effective plans and strategies are
made. Both partnership
organisation needs to follow
procedure provided by mutual

agreement and understanding as
this will facilitate in providing
effective services to its clients and
patients.