Scottish Pathways Association

A. ICPUS Publications:

1. ICPUS Workbook 2007
2. ICP Leaflets – a collation of example leaflets which may be useful for you for developing your own.  If you have one to add to this section please send it to us together with the date it was written and the audience it is aimed at.
   • Introducing ICPs
   • Benefits of ICPs
   • Use of ICPs
   • Pro’s and Cons of ICPs
   • User and Carer Involvement in ICPs
   • Electronic ICPs

B. Essential Reading List:

Articles:

1. Campbell, H. Hotchkiss, R. Bradshaw, N. Porteous, M (1998) Integrated Care Pathway. British Medical Journal 316: 133 – 137
2. Overill, S. (1998) A practical guide to Care Pathways. Journal of Integrated Care :2, 93-98
3. Panella et al. (2003) International Journal of Quality in Healthcare 15:6; 509-521
4. The Belgian-Dutch Clinical Pathway Network. (2001) Journal of ICPs 5, 1, 10-14

(In addition, always check the ‘Journal of Integrated Care Pathways’ for the most up to date information)

Books/Reports:

1. CRAG Project Report Clinical Audit and Quality using Integrated Pathways of Care, Project CA96/01 www.show.scot.nhs.uk/crag/pdf/icp9601/report.doc
2. De Luc, K. (2001) Developing Care Pathways – ‘The Handbook’ and ‘The Toolkit’. Radcliff Medical Press, Oxford
3. Howard, D. Hall, J. (2006) Integrated Care Pathways in Mental Health. Churchill Livingstone
4. Johnson, Sue. (1997) Pathways of Care. Blackwell Science, London
5. Jones, T. de Luc, K. Coyne, H. (1999) Managing Care Pathways: the quality and resources of hospital care. Assoc. of Chartered Certified Accountants, London
6. Middleton, Sue. Roberts, Adrian. (eds) (2000) Integrated Care Pathways: a practical approach to implementation. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford
7. NHS Wales. (2005) Integrated Care Pathways: a guide to good practice. NLIAH
8. Wilson, J. (ed) (1997) Integrated Care Management: the path to success.

C. Documents on Websites:

1. Scottish Executive (2005) “A Guide to Service Improvement”.
2. Bandolier Forum Document (2003) “On Care Pathways” – useful summary of the evidence base for ICPs.
3. Clinical Leaders Association New Zealand Fogarty A, Murdoch H
   “They wanted a clinical pathway, but we ended up with a clinically integrated system: what went wrong and what went right”.
   
4. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2005) “Clinical Governance and Risk Management – National Standards”.
5. Effective Interventions Unit (2005).
   Go to the Drug Misuse Scotland publications database and type “Integrated Care Pathways” in the ‘Search’ box. Papers 1 – 4 are introductory documents, while 5 – 9 are more specific to situations or processes.
6. Evidence Base for ICP Development Jayne Woods MSc Thesis (Notts University) – she has kindly made it available on the <health groups, yahoo> website (in web links section)
7. Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (2002).
   Go to the Health Quality Council (HQC) Saskatchewan site – then look in the menu under Resources > HSURC Archives > How-To Guides.
   A great introductory document (the authors may be Canadian but the principles are universal, evidenced by their development format being followed by the Effective Interventions Unit in Scotland).
8. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2005)
   “Improving the quality of mental health services in Scotland 2005-2008”
9. National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare, NHS Wales – Nicola Davies ed. (2005) “Integrated Care Pathways: a guide to good practice”
10. Scottish Executive Health Department (2005) “Delivering for Health”
11. Scottish Executive Health Department (2003) “Partnership for Care”
12. Middleton, Barnett and Reeves (2001) “What’s an Integrated Care Pathway?”

D. Integrated Care Pathway Reference Lists:

1. Kings Fund Reading Lists – click on ‘Care Pathways’ for a PDF file of the most up-to-date ICP Reference List.
2. European Pathway Association Newsletters (see links at foot of page). These newsletters include a reading list of recent ICP related journal articles.