Susanne Kumpers, Arno van Raak, Brian Hardy AND Ingrid MurThe concept of integrated care has assumed growing importance on the policy agendas both in England and The Netherlands and elsewhere. It is characterized as health and health care-related social care needed by patients with multi-faceted needs. This article compares policy approaches to integrated care in England and The Netherlands. 

Patients will soon have access to the same online medical knowledge as health professionals. Logging on to the National electronic Library for Health will give access to the Cochrane Library and Clinical Evidence. Both these sources offer in depth information that people who want to view the same information as their own doctor would find useful. They provide invaluable evidence on what treatments work best to help those considering their options. 

Police officers spend 43% of their time in police stations and only 17% on patrol, mostly in vehicles. The Policing Bureaucracy Taskforce has now come up with a plan to free up time so that officers can spend most of the day on the street.