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The King's Fund has been producing publications since the turn of the 20th century. These cover areas of work that the Fund has addressed throughout its history, from hospital food and menu planning (The King's Fund, 1945) to making integrated care a reality (Ham and Walsh, 2013). There are now nearly 2,000 of these documents, most of which are held in hard copy at our information centre in central London. More than 1,000 of these have been digitised so far.

Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) is a public body. We were established in July 2011 by the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and became fully operational on 24 June 2013. The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 aims to improve the lives, outcomes and opportunities of Scotland's most vulnerable children and young people.

Using evaluation, research and evidence to protect children and prevent abuse.

The primary aim of NAIRO is to improve outcomes for looked after children in England, by maximising the positive impact of the reviewing process. The ways that this purpose will be achieved may include: • Strengthening the understanding and recognition of the role of the IRO; • Influencing the legal and policy framework for looked after children and the reviewing process at national and local level; • The development of a code of practice for IROs; • The development/commissioning/provision of high quality training for IROs.