The aim of the research was to elicit more detailed information about the impact of the slowdown on social care from a small number of local authorities and provider organisations.  The project explored all effects of the economic downturn on social care, both positive and negative, including providers of adult social care and support, councils directly and indirectly and also individuals.

 

Commissioned by the National Co-Ordinating Centre for the NHS Service Delivery & Organisation Research and Development, the aims of the study were to summarise available research evidence, to identify key gaps on existing knowledge and to identify priorities for further research in the area of services to support carers.

 

The aims of the study were to summarise available research evidence in the area of respite services and short-term breaks for carers of people with dementia, to identify key gaps in existing knowledge and to identify priorities for further research.  This report (2004) was commissioned by the National Co-Ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development and summarises a review of research evidence and consultations on this topic.

 

The study was commissioned to inform the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development about the theory and evidence on carers’ access to health care.

 

A review of the evidence of long-term reductions in the need for home care by people who have had experience of re-ablement services and the factors that might lead to subsequent increases in service use.  The study was commissioned by the Care Services Efficiency Delivery Programme (CSED) and it helped inform and scope a more robust evaluation of the long-term impact and effectiveness of re-ablement services.

 

In 2005 Greater Manchester SHA (now NHS North West) introduced the Advanced Practitioner (AdP) role across the city, as part of the wider Delivering the Workforce project designed to modernise and increase the size of the clinical workforce.  In the Spring of that year, the SHA also commissioned a three-year evaluation of the implementation and impact of the Advanced Practitioner role across Greater Manchester.  The evaluation has been carried out by a joint team from Acton Shapiro and the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.