The purpose of partnership working in health and social care settings is to achieve together the best outcomes for service users in their care. It is also about improve their quality of life or maintain high standards of care that they receive. Partnership working delivers better outcomes because some of the goals/outcomes one person could not achieve alone. Sharing information between support workers, health care professionals and family is essential to deliver good service. For example, service user was for overnight at home and family noticed that individual had chesty cough. Family notify about this to support worker/shift leader. A shift leader share this information with manager and hand over to the next shift, so next shift is aware
