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Quality and Inequality: Do three- and four-year-olds in deprived areas experience lower quality early years provision?

Research tells us that high quality early years provision can help to narrow the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their more affluent peers. However, there are indications that the...

Where next for childcare? Learning from the last ten years of childcare policy

From the end of the Second World War until the late 1990s, childcare was seen as a private matter for families. Some women could afford to employ nannies and childminders, but there were few...

Evaluation of Children’s Centres in England (ECCE)

This report forms part of the national Evaluation of Children’s Centres in England (ECCE) research study. The overall research focuses on national samples of children’s centres set up in the first...

Transitions at the end of life for older adults – patient, carer and professional perspectives: a mixed-methods study

At the end of life, a move into or out of hospital, a care home or a hospice may be a disruptive event for an older person, with consequences for their health and well-being. Such moves are believed...

Supporting Community Visiting in Essex Care Homes

Essex County Council is working to support community engagement in care homes. Alongside the developments described in the companion paper “It’s a Lovely Thing”: Commissioning Relationship-Centred...

Not present, what future?

If a child is missing education they are at significant risk of failing academically, and of being out of eduaction, training and employment (NEET) in later life, They may be at risk of physical,...

Deaf children and Working Together: NDCS advice to local authorities on implementing Working Together 2013 guidance with regard to promoting the wellbeing and safeguarding of deaf children

The purpose of this document is to help managers within children’s social care services implement key aspects of the Working Together (2013) guidance with regard to safeguarding and promoting the...

Commissioning and funding general practice: Making the case for family care networks

General practice is widely recognised to be the foundation on which NHS care is based. International studies have shown general practice in the United Kingdom in a positive light and most patients...

Use of health and social care by people with cancer

There are estimated to be around two million people living with cancer in the United Kingdom (UK). Improved survival rates, earlier detection and an ageing population have led to cancer incidence...

Managing children's behaviour, attitudes and practices: Baseline Survey 2013

Twelve questions about attitudes to parenting practices and child discipline were asked of 1,022 respondents (of which 56% were parents), interviewed as part of the November 2013 wave of the Wales...

The meaning of online problematic situations for children

Young people are currently surrounded by digital technologies, and through these technologies they experience a variety of positive, but also negative, situations (Livingstone, Haddon, Görzig, &...

The North West London Integration Toolkit

The North West London Integration Toolkit is intended to support communities, people and partners as they work towards the shared vision of integrated care. The toolkit is the culmination of over 200...

Prioritising person-centred care - the evidence

In these pages you can find the evidence from 779 systematic reviews of ways to make person centred care happen. We provide accessible and accurate information so commissioners, health professionals...

Registration renewal info 2014 – Social workers in England

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Draft Minutes of England AGM, 30th April 2014, Bristol

Enough is enough: A report on child protection and mental health services for children and young people

The focus of our report is on child protection and mental health, including: 1. the experience of vulnerable children and young people in terms of their contact with statutory services – essentially...

Working with fathers to improve children's well-being: Results of a survey exploring service provision and intervention approach in the UK

Interventions for fathers are a recent growth area in family services. Although some specific approaches are beginning to be evaluated, there is little known about what kinds of interventions are...

Evaluation of Families First: Year 1 Report

This summary provides an overview of the Families First programme, and summarises key findings from the first year of the programme evaluation. This report aims to provide an assessment of...

Evaluation of Families First Year 2 Report

In July 2012 Ipsos MORI and Ecorys were commissioned by the Welsh Government to evaluate the national Families First programme over the period 2012-15. Families First aims to improve the design and...

A decade of austerity in Wales?

Since the introduction of the NHS in the UK in 1948, funding has risen by an average of 4% a year in real terms. Funding for the NHS in Wales increased in real terms in each year between 1992/93 and...

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