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  Evaluating Lived-Experience-Led Equipment Support in Adult Social Care

  Project dates: 01/07/2026 - 31/12/2027 Research Team Jon Hastie George Peat Holly Robertson Janet Hoskin Emma Manchester Lead Institution Partners Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance University of Northumbria This project will evaluate a lived experience-led equipment and adaptations advice service for adults with neuromuscular conditions. Delivered through Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance’s…

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  DIGNITY-1: Patient-centred optimal-handed care for older people

  Project dates: 01/06/2026 - 31/05/2028 Research Team Sandy Adams Tania Kalsi Sandy Adams Donna Cook Kathryn Simpson Rachael Fergusson Tania Kalsi Lead Institution Partners Southwark Council Kings College London Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) DIGNITY-1 will evaluate the implementation of Optimal Handed Care (OHC), a…

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  Evaluating Local Area Coordination in Oxfordshire

  Project dates: 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2028 Research Team Margaret Melling Neil Lunt Emily Smout Cheryl Huntbach Lead Institution Partners Oxfordshire County Council University of York This project will evaluate the impact of Local Area Coordination (LAC) in Oxfordshire and explore how administrative data could support future evaluation of preventative…

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  Evaluating the Five Steps Occupational Therapy Model in Adult Social Care

  Project dates: 08/06/2026 - 05/07/2027 Research Team Bronia Woodhouse Dan Hind Katie Hill Chay Roofe Lead Institution Partners Surrey County Council University of Leeds This project will evaluate Surrey County Council’s Five Steps model, an occupational therapy service innovation designed to improve access to assessment and support by…

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  Evaluating Social Care Support for People with Acquired Brain Injury

  Project dates: 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2028 Research Team Nora Brennan Alyson Norman Claire Farrington-Douglas Lead Institution Partners Headway East London University of Plymouth This project will evaluate the outcomes and impact of Headway East London’s Day Service for people living with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). Working with people with…

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  Evaluating Personal Assistant Workforce Development in Social Care

  Project dates: 01/08/2026 - 31/01/2028 Research Team Mike Thackray Elizabeth Croot Mary Gardner Andy Buxton Liz Howard Alice Dunning Lead Institution Partners Sheffield City Council University of Sheffield This project will evaluate Sheffield City Council’s Personal Assistant (PA) workforce development initiatives, designed to strengthen personalised care and direct…

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  Evaluating Safe Waiting in Local Area Coordination

  Project dates: 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2028 Research Team Tom Richards Dr Juliette Malley Lead Institution Partners London School of Economics and Political Science Community Catalysts CIC Local Area Coordination (LAC) is a strengths-based approach to social care and wider public service that supports people to build a vision and…

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  Embedding the Sexual Rights Charter in care homes

  Understanding the needs of staff who work with older adults to inform potential future research

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  Do No HARM

  Using consensus methods to develop a Homicide Assessment and Risk Management model for unpaid carers

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  Analysis of ‘Prevention of Future Deaths’ Reports

  Implications for Social Care and Health Care Support and Services for Learning Disabled People