Evaluating the role of community-based multi-disciplinary teams in integrated health and social care in England: Overview of findings from the Pioneer evaluation and their implications for health and social care integration.

Support for informal carers Finally, the vast majority of the patients interviewed depended on family, friends and neighbours to provide informal care and support, sometimes with quite significant implications for the lives of those caring for them. 17 Their needs also require higher priority and accompanying investment from those co-ordinating care for patients.

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