- The Year of Care Pilot Programme
- The policy context
- Why Year of Care? The case for change
- What works for LTCs
- Care planning - what is it?
- The benefits
- The care planning training support programme
- Information technology
- Commissioning and Year of Care
- About us - Year of Care Partnerships
- Contacts
- Year of Care resources
- References
- Year of care forum
- Year of care document library
Ask a question
If there's something you'd like no know and you can't find it on our website please fill in the short form below and we'll get back to you. We aim to respond to questions within 5 working days.
Name:*
Job title:
Organisation:
Email:*
Telephone:
Question:*
Please tick this box if you do not want to
receive our Newsletter
* Required fields
The team does not and cannot offer clinical advice. If you have any urgent medical enquiries we urge you to contact your GP, or NHS Direct at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk or by calling 0845 4647. In an emergency call 999

Year of Care references
This page provides a direct access to all the references referred to in the Year of Care Report of Findings from the Pilot Programme - June 2011 (PDF 4.2MB)
- Diabetes UK. (2010). Diabetes in the UK.
- Department of Health. (2010).Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS
- King’s Fund. (2011). Improving the Quality of Care in General Practice. Report of an Independent Inquiry Commissioned by The King’s Fund
- Wagner, EH, Austin BT, Von Korff, M. (1996). Organising Care for Patients with Chronic Illness. The Millbank Quarterly; 74(4)
- Department of Health. (2005). Supporting People with LTCs.
- Royal College of General Practitioners. (2011). Care Planning – Improving the Lives of People with Long Term Conditions.
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). (2011). Diabetes in Adults Quality Standard.
- Year of Care. ( 2011). Thanks for the Petunias – A Guide to Developing and Commissioning Non-Traditional Community Services to Support Self Management of People with Long Term Conditions
- Department of Health. (2000). The NHS Plan: A Plan for Investment, a Plan for Reform
- Davis K, Schoen C,Stremikis K. The Commonwealth Fund. (2010). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally
- Wanless D. (2002). Securing Our Future Health: Taking a Long-Term View. Final Report. HM Treasury
- Department of Health. (2003). National Service Framework for Diabetes: Delivery Strategy
- NHS Diabetes.(2008). Partners in Care: A Guide to Implementing a Care Planning Approach to Diabetes Care (PDF 3.7MB)
- Department of Health. (2006). Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services
- Department of Health. (2010). Improving the Health and Well-Being of People with Long Term Conditions. World Class Services for People with Long Term Conditions: Information Tool for Commissioners
- Department of Health. (2009). Whole Systems Demonstrators. An Overview of Telecare and Telehealth
- Darzi A. Department of Health. (2008). High Quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report
- Department of Health. (2004). Choosing Health: Making Healthy Choices Easier
- The King’s Fund. (2010). Managing People with Long-Term Conditions. Research Paper Goodwin et al. An inquiry into the quality of general practice in England
- Department of Health. (2010). Quality Innovation, Innovation and Productivity (QIPP) Workstream: Long term conditions.
- Year of Care. (2008). Getting to Grips with the Year of Care: A Practical Guide (PDF 2.5MB)
- Healthcare Commission. (2006). Diabetes: The Views of People with Diabetes. Key Findings from the 2006 Survey
- Kripalani S, Yao X, Haynes RB. (2007). Interventions to Enhance Medication Adherence in Chronic Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review. Arch Intern Medicine; 167(6):540–549
- Vrijens, B. Vincze G, Kristanto P, Urquhart J, Burnier M. (2008). Adherence to Prescribed Antihypertensive Drug Treatments: Longitudinal Study of Electronically Compiled Dosing Histories. British Medical Journal; 336:1114–1117
- Benner, JS et al. (2002). Long-Term Persistence in use of Statin Therapy in Elderly Patients. JAMA; 288: 455-461
- Department of Health. (2005). MORI Survey: Public Attitudes to Self Care Baseline Survey
- Richards N, Coulter A. Picker Institute Europe. (2007). Is the NHS Becoming More Patient-Centred? Trends from the National Surveys of NHS Patients 2002–7
- Healthcare Commission. (2007). Managing Diabetes: Improving Services for People with Diabetes. Service Review
- Pawson R and tilley N. Sage.(1997). Realistic Evaluation
- Tribal Consulting. (November 2008). Evaluating Pilot Sites as They Prepare for the Year of Care: Final Project Report
- PCRS. (2006). Assessment of Primary Care Resources and Supports for Chronic Disease Self Management. Developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative.
- PCRS. (2008). Assessment of Primary Care Resources and Supports for Chronic Disease Self Management. UK version PCRS adapted for use in UK in June 2008
- Tribal Consulting. (2009). Evaluating the delivery and Impact of the Year of Care for diabetes Project: Interim report: November
- Sweeney G. (2009). Year of Care Review Report. February AND Duquemin A. (2010). Views And Decisions For Consideration By Year Of Care Programme Board: Wave 2 interviews with Key Stakeholders. January
- Duquemin A. (February 2011). Year Of Care: Reflections On Introducing A Complex Intervention Into A Complex Environment
- Department of Health and Diabetes UK. (2006). Care Planning in Diabetes. Care Planning Working Group
- Graffy J, Eaton S, Sturt J & Chadick P. (2009). Personalised Care Planning for Diabetes: Policy Lessons from Systematic Reviews of Consultation and Self-Management Interventions. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 10, 210-222
- Doherty Y, Ludbrook S, Turnbull R, Lewis-Barned N. (2011). Diabetes Year of Care: The Key Drivers and Theoretical Basis for a Shift in Diabetes Care. www.diabetes.nhs.uk/yearofcare AND Ludbrook S, Doherty Y, Turnbull R, Lewis-Barned N. (2009). What do Patients and Clinicians Think of Year of Care (Abstract 296) Diabetic Medicine. 26. Supplement 1.
- Blakeman T, Macdonald W, Bower P, Gately C. (2006). A Qualitative Study of GPs’ Attitudes to Self-Management of Chronic Disease. Br J Gen Pract. Jun;56(527). 407–14
- Knowles, MS. (1998). The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (5th edition). Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing
- Brookfield SD. (1991). Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principlesand Effective Practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- Tower Hamlets. PCT Operating Plan 2008/09
- Ludbrook S, Doherty Y, Turnbull R, Lewis-Barned N. (2011). What do Patients and Clinicians Think of Year of Care (Abstract 296) Diabetic Medicine. 26. Supplement 1. 126
- Year of Care. (2011). ‘Deep Dive’ submitted response to programme.
- Year of Care.(2010). Mind Your Language: The Year of Care Consultation Skills and Philosophy Toolkit. Available through the National Training & Support Programme.
- Department of Health. (2004). Improving Chronic Disease Management.
- Year of Care. (2009–2011). National Care Planning Training and Support Training Evaluations and Feedback
- Tower Hamlets. (2009). Year of Care Case Study
- NHS North East. (2010). Care Planning Learning Collaborative. Internal Evaluation
- Health Foundation. Co-Creating Health Project.
- NHS Alliance (2010) Whose NHS is it anyway? Sharing the Power with Patients and the Public
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Commissioning.
- Degeling, P. The Concept of a Year of Care
- NHS Diabetes. (2009). Commissioning Diabetes Without Walls
- Department of Health. (2001). National Service Framework for Diabetes: Standards
- Commissioning for Quality innovation (CQUIN) payment framework
- Diabetes UK. (2009). Improving Supported Self Management for people with diabetes
- Schein EH. (2004). Organizational Culture and Leadership. USA: John Wiley & Sons
- Bate P, Mendel P, Robert G. (2008). Organizing for Quality. The Nuffield Trust
- Griffin D and Stacey R. (2005). Complexity and the Experience of Leading Organizations.

