Joint planning. The day of reckoning draws high

Joint planning: the very words seem to undermine the validity of the concept, so synonymous have they become with the bidding cycle for joint finance. Taken in a wider sense to encompass the development of all statutory and voluntary services to a priority client group, they conjure up the image of a most arduous and unmanageable task. Dylan Tomlinson and Andrew Nocon discuss the prospects for joint planning after "Caring for People".