Professor Gerald Wistow

Visiting Professor

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Research Interests

Gerald Wistow is Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics.

He has previously been Co-director of the Centre for Social Policy Research at Loughborough University, Director of the Nuffield Institute for Health at Leeds University, Chair of a Primary Care Trust and was, for ten years, a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Health Committee. He has published extensively on a wide range of health and social care issues.

In recent years, he has served as the scientific adviser to the Department of Health's Individual Budgets pilot programme (2005-08), was the scientific adviser to the Department of Health's Demonstration Programme for the Common Assessment Framework for Adults, advised the Cabinet Office on the proposals for personal budgets in the NHS and was seconded to the DH team working on integration policy. He has also advised the States of Jersey Scrutiny Committee on Health, the Audit Commission on integrated commissioning, and the Department of Health on the preparation of Green and White Papers. He chaired the Advisory Board for the Turning Point Centre of Excellence for Connected Care.

His current academic work includes evaluations of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneer Programme and the North West London Whole System Integrated Care initiative. He is also contributing to studies of the economic case for community capacity building, an EU programme on the role of the third sector in social innovation, and the impact of spending constraints on adult social care.

Gerald Wistow's Publications

Book Sections

Book Section

Welfare pluralism and community care development: the role of local goverment and the non-statutory sectors in social welfare services in England (1994)

Knapp M, Wistow G

OECD

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Book Section

Verso un mercato dei servizi sociali: il caso inglese (1993)

Knapp M, Wistow G, Forder J, Hardy B

Franco Angeli

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Book Section

Joint commissioning for community care (1993)

Knapp M, Wistow G

DH/SSI

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Magazine Articles

Magazine Article

Investing in advocacy for parents with learning disabilities: An economic case? (2013)

Bauer A, Wistow G, Dixon J, Knapp M

The College of Social Work

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Reports

Report

A system-level evaluation of the Better Care Fund: Final Report (2018)

Forder J, Caiels J, Harlock J, Wistow G, Malisauskaite G, Peters M, Marczak J, D'Amico F, Fernández J-L, Fitzpatrick R, Jones K

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Report

Early evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme: Interim Report (2015)

Erens B, Wistow G, Mounier-Jack S, Douglas N, Jones L, Manacorda T, Mays N

Policy Innovation Research Unit

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Report

Early evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers Programme: Final report (2015)

Erens B, Wistow G, Mounier-Jack S, Douglas N, Jones L, Manacorda T, Mays N

Policy Innovation Research Unit

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Report

The impact of preventative services on quality of life – ‘The Partnership for Older People’s Projects’ (2011)

Windle K, Wagland R, Forder J, D'Amico F, Janssen D, Wistow G

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Report

Unplanned admissions of older people: the impact of governance (2011)

Henderson C, Sheaff R, Dickinson A, Beech R, Wistow G, Windle K, Ashby S, Knapp M

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Report

Unplanned hospital admissions of older people: exploring the issues (2011)

Henderson C, Sheaff R, Dickinson A, Beech R, Wistow G, Windle K, Ashby S, Knapp M

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Report

Involving older people in commissioning: more power to their elbow? (2011)

Wistow G, Waddington E, Davey V

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Report

National Evaluation of Partnerships for Older People Projects: Appendices to the Final Report (2009)

Windle K, Wagland R, Forder J, D'Amico F, Janssen J, Wistow G

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2701, University of Kent

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Report

Mixed Modes of Governance and Mixed Economies of Care (2001)

Forder J, Kendall J, Knapp M, Matosevic T, Hardy B, Ware P, Wistow G

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Report

Managing social care: charting the cultural changes in local authorities (1999)

Knapp M, Hardy B, Wistow G, Forder J

Nuffield Institute of Health

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DP or working papers

DP or working paper

Unmet social care needs in England: a feasibility study for evaluating support models for older people with low and moderate needs (2018)

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DP or working paper

The Economic Case for a Befriending and Practical At-Home Support Scheme for Older People in Shropshire, England (2014)

Bauer A, Knapp M, King D, Wistow G, Perkins M, Iemmi V

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2881, London School of Economics

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DP or working paper

Changes in the patterns of social care provision in England: 2005/6 to 2012/13 (2013)

Fernández J-L, Snell T, Wistow G

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2867, London School of Economics

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DP or working paper

Investing in Advocacy Interventions for Parents with Learning Disabilities: What is the Economic Argument? (2013)

Bauer A, Dixon J, Wistow G, Knapp M

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2860, London School of Economics

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DP or working paper

National Evaluation of Partnerships for Older People Projects: Final Report (2009)

Windle K, Wagland R, Forder J, D'Amico F, Janssen J, Wistow G

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2700, University of Kent

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DP or working paper

National Evaluation of Partnerships for Older People Projects: Interim Report of Progress (2008)

Windle K, Wagland R, Lord K, Dickinson A, Knapp M, D'Amico F, Forder J, Henderson C, Wistow G, Beech R, Roe B, Bowling A

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