Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. A qualified social worker by background, he has extensive experience of research, teaching, consultancy and policy advice in health and social care.

"What we intend and what we deliver are often two different things and in many cases the learning from practice is not used to inform policy objectives. We need a virtuous circle and not a vicious one where policy, practice and evidence of what works for citizens in terms of delivering positive outcomes mutually reinforce each other. This new book seeks to create this circle." Richard Jones, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

• Introduction ~ Jon Glasby; The policy process ~ Martin Powell; From policy transfer to policy translation: the role of evidence in policy borrowing ~ Catherine Needham; Policy making through a rhetorical lens ~ Jill Russell and Trisha Greenhalgh; Implementing policy ~ Helen Dickinson; From evidence-based to knowledge-based policy and practice ~ Jon Glasby; Receptive contexts and the role of knowledge management in evidence-based practice ~ Iestyn Williams; Conclusion ~ Jon Glasby.