Daniel & Rosenstein (2008) define collaboration in health care as “health care professionals assuming complementary roles and cooperatively working together, sharing responsibility for problem-solving and making decisions to formulate and carry out plans for patient care.” Finkleman (2006, cited in Ndoro, 2014) states there are many advantages of working in multidisciplinary teams, such as professionals having a greater understanding of one another’s job roles. This permits greater communication between each other. Working within a multidisciplinary team enables collaborative working and improves patient care. Although collaborative person-centred care is vital, it needs improvement. Khalili, Hall & Deluca (2014) support Ndoro (2014) by stating that there is competition and hierarchies between health-care professionals, preventing collaborative working. The aim of interprofessional practice is to replace these barriers with co-operation and equality to provide person-centred care. Khaili, Hall & Deulca (2014) go on to explain that failures to implement collaborative practice has led to destruction of care, disappointment for both clients and practitioners and poor quality of care is then the outcome. Not everyone agrees collaborative working is beneficial. Jove et al. (2014) conducted a qualitative study …show more content…
The participants included clinical leaders, patients and carers (who cared for someone in their family). The study highlighted that care pathways were not allowing different professionals to work efficiently together, which had a low impact on a patient’s satisfaction. Upon reflection, the clinical leaders concluded that they now recognised the need to work interprofessionally, as they appreciated it is important to know other members of staff, in order to enhance patient experience and continuity of