Claire Gately

TL;DR: Lay-led self care support groups are effective in improving self-efficacy and energy levels among patients with long-term conditions, and are likely to be cost effective over 6 months at conventional values of a decision-maker’s willingness to pay.

TL;DR: Stress and burnout, excessive job demands, limited latitude in decision-making, and unhappiness about the place of MHSWs in modern services contributed to poor job satisfaction and most aspects of burnout.

TL;DR: Key barriers to telecare integration were uncertainties about coherent and sustainable service and business models; lack of coordination across social and primary care boundaries, lack of financial or other incentives to include telecare within primary care services; and general uncertainty about the adequacy of telecare systems.

TL;DR: Providing GPs with training in consultation skills is required in order to encourage the delivery of effective self-management, and the context in which GPs work also needs to be modified for this to be achieved.

TL;DR: This paper conducted a survey of mental health social workers and found that the most unsatisfactory aspects of their work context arise from not feeling valued by their employers and wider society, and some of the most satisfactory from the support of colleagues and supervisors.