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Professional Social Work (PSW) May 2014

Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: Prevention

This guideline is a component of the ENS4Care Thematic Network and focuses on how nurses and social workers can use technology in a cost-effective way to enhance their practice, empower and educate...

Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: Clinical Practice - COPD

The current document presents evidence-based guidelines to engage policy-makers, health and social care professionals, citizens and industry in the design and deployment of eHealth services at local...

Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: Advanced Roles

The increasing and changing health needs of citizens of the European Union (EU) have led to member states considering new ways of organizing and delivering health and social care. Within a context of...

Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: Integrated Care

The Thematic Network ENS4Care aims to deliver evidence-based guidelines over a two-year period to enable the implementation of eHealth services in nursing and social care. The overall objective of...

Evidence Based Guidelines for Nursing and Social Care on eHealth Services: ePrescribing

‘Diversity is strength’ and ENS4Care presents partners within the 28 European Union member states with an opportunity to capitalise on different approaches used in other countries in relation to...

The impact of austerity and the plight of refugees - a humanitarian crisis in Greece

Behind the proud apparent affluence of Athens both ancient and modern there lies a growing humanitarian crisis fuelled by the impact of austerity and the plight of refugees. During a pre planned...

The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care

Good palliative, end of life and bereavement care relies on a range of formal and informal support. We trust that this resource will be accessible and clear to anyone who wants to know more about the...

Uprooted: the growing crisis for refugee and migrant children

Around the world, nearly 50 million children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced – and this is a conservative estimate. More than half of these girls and boys fled violence and...

Social Work Regulatory Reform: Update to Policy Statement

This policy statement has been tabled in support of government amendments to Part 2 of the Children and Social Work Bill. It updates the policy statement and withdraws the indicative regulations...

Sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS

Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) were introduced in NHS planning guidance published in December 2015 (NHS England et al 2015). NHS organisations in different parts of England were asked...

“Ein Cymuned”: Deg gweithred i gefnogi gofal sylfaenol yng Nghymru

The NHS if...

‘The NHS if’ is a collection of essays published by The King’s Fund that explores hypothetical scenarios and their impact on the future of health and care. We are asking a small number of experts –...

Access and waiting times in children and young people's mental health services

This report includes the results of a freedom of information request to providers of specialist child and adolescent mental health services to explore access and waiting times for young people. This...

A digital world for all?: Findings from a programme of digital inclusion for vulnerable young people across the UK

Digital exclusion is a persistent challenge. Although the digital divide may be reducing in terms of the number of people who are not digitally engaged, for those who remain excluded the divide is...

A Generation Adrift

Communication is at the core of what we do in business, education and socially. Never before in our history have we been able to communicate as quickly and widely as we can today. There’s no doubt we...

A country that works for all children: ADCS Position Paper

being short changed as the nation’s focus turns to ‘Brexit,’ the economy and the growing pressures in the NHS and adult social care. The government has consistently stated its ambition to build “…a...

10 minutes brisk walking each day in mid-life for health benefits and towards achieving physical activity recommendations

International evidence and the UK Chief Medical Officers’ (CMOs) guidelines highlight the frequency and type of physical activity required to achieve general health benefits, particularly the benefit...

Policing Anti-Social Behaviour: The Public Perspective

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) commissioned this research to obtain evidence of public attitudes towards anti-social behaviour and police highlight potential implications for the...

Community Participation Who Benefits?

This report explores whether policies to involve people in making decisions about their own communities are effective in building strong social networks.

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2007

This is the ninth in a series of annual reports which began in 1998 with the aim of providing an independent assessment of the progress being made in eliminating poverty and reducing social exclusion...

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009

This is the twelfth in a series of annual reports which began in 1998 with the aim of providing an independent assessment of the progress being made in eliminating poverty and reducing social...

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2010

This is the thirteenth in a series of annual reports which began in 1998 with the aim of providing an independent assessment of the progress being made in eliminating poverty and reducing social...

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011

This is the thirteenth in a series of annual reports which began in 1998 with the aim of providing an independent assessment of the progress being made in eliminating poverty and reducing social...

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011: Findings

This study by the New Policy Institute presents the legacy that was left to the Coalition Government by its predecessor, and examines the current Government’s priorities for action

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012

This year’s report comes during a period of cuts to social security benefits and reforms to benefits for sick and disabled people but before the introduction of universal credit (UC) in 2013. Besides...

Monitoirng poverty and social exclusion 2013

Table 1 presents a summary of the indicators in the report. Where possible, it looks at changes over the last five and ten years, though the data does not always allow for this. The assessment of...

Monitoirng poverty and social exclusion 2013: Executive summary

The latest annual report from the New Policy Institute brings together the most recent data to present a comprehensive picture of poverty in the UK.

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2014

Table 1 draws together the key trends shown in this report. It shows how a range of indicators compare with the situation ten years ago and five years ago – are things better, worse or the same?...

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2006

This is the ninth in a series of annual reports which began in 1998 with the aim of providing an independent assessment of the progress being made in eliminating poverty and reducing social exclusion...

Care Providers, Care Receivers

This report analyses the characteristics of people who provide unpaid care to family and friends, and characteristics associated with becoming a caregiver. It also looks at trends in the movement of...

Voices of people experiencing poverty in Scotland

This research gives those experiencing poverty in Scotland the opportunity to identify the issues that affect them, so that their views can inform policy debate.

Poverty among ethnic groups

This paper discusses how the rates of income poverty differ between different ethnic groups and provides an analysis for the reasons for some of these differences.

Social well-being in extra care housing

This study looks at ways of promoting and facilitating the social well-being of ‘frail’ people living in extra care housing.

Our lives, our communities

The study, from Central England People First, shows how 15 adults with learning diffi culties live and what they think about their lives.

Financial crime against vulnerable adults

his eagerly awaited assessment commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Economic Crime Portfolio has been produced to highlight the current and potential future threats to...

Black’ families for ‘black’ children?

Action for Children commissioned the University of Central Lancashire to conduct an evaluation of Action for Children’s practice in ethnically matching Black, Asian and dual heritage children for...

Backing the Future

Backing the Future provides the economic and social case for transforming the way we invest in the future of society through our children. The report makes clear the need for a comprehensive...

Briefing Paper: delivering children’s services in the UK and other parts of the world – a short policy context

This paper aims to articulate the variety of models for children’s services delivery that exist internationally and places these in the context of current UK policy and practice. The key sections...

Care and Permanence Planning for Looked After Children in Scotland

Over 9,000 children are looked after away from home in Scotland. The Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) overview report suggests that 50% of these children are placed with foster parents and 28%...

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