This issue explores the role of the third sector in relation to integrated care. It looks at: the planned change mechanisms connected with One Stop Shops for women in the criminal justice system; particular relationships with key professionals within a locality in a community-based stroke service; fuunding pressures in a centre supporting victims of sexual violence; dififfulities faced by third sector organisations in remaining indepewndent while trying to work in partnership with the public sector in the area of preventative services for older people; and differences of opinion regarding prio.