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Communication; PedPal Lit; 'Every Child Matters' (DfES; 2003) and the Children Bill (DfES 2004) give a high priority to an integrated approach to service provision. This paper focuses on multi-agency working for disabled children with complex health-care needs; a group of children who; AdolescentAttitude of Health Personnel Child Child Health Services/organization & administration Child; and relationships with families with disabled children. However; collaboration with colleagues; multi-agency working is now a central feature of government policy. In relation to children's services; NewbornInterinstitutional Relations Interviews Job Satisfaction Professional Role Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't Social Work/organization & administration%X Whilst agencies in many sectors have been encouraged to work together to better meet the needs of service users; perhaps even more than most; Preschool CommunicationCommunity Networks Disabled Children/rehabilitation Great Britain Health Services Needs and Demand Humans Infant Infant; require the many professionals who support them and their families; the English green paper; the National Service Framework; there was concern that the overall impact of multi-agency working on disabled children and their families would be limited.; to work more closely together. Drawing on the findings from a 3-year qualitative research study; whilst professionals felt that they were able to offer families a more efficient service