joined up

Streamlined communication, state-of-the-art equipment and joined-up team work appear to be key.

She added: "The feedback is clear - families need better information, more joined-up support and decision making must be more consistent in applying the law."

There was "no joined-up thinking", she says.

The tragic irony that it took the move to end-of-life care to get them more joined-up help is not lost on Sue, but she says it is still not enough to provide the level of support he really needs.

Even while making welfare cuts that have displeased so many in his party, the prime minister has a clearer and more joined-up argument about prioritising security in all its forms: through work, through economic prudence, through defence of the realm.