The three sections of this book, comprising theoretical overview, key tools and application to health and social care, are all premised on the present context for health and social care. The pace of change in health and social care is fuelled by the shifting dynamics of a range of policy drivers; yet there is a level of predictability – even within the critical uncertainty of future practice – that this book has highlighted. Such predictabilities can be grouped into three discrete areas: the future of health and social care provision; the ascendancy of neoliberalism (and the resultant individualism); the potential impact on practitioner skills.