The Research Governance Framework
Useful Websites
| ADSS (Association of Directors of Social Services) | an organisation representing all the Directors of Adults Social Services (DASS) and Directors of Children's Services (DCS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
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| CareKnowledge | provides up to date social care information and research. |
| Community Care | website for everybody involved in social care. |
| Department of Health | the Central Government Department responsible for providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications. |
| INVOLVE | a national advisory group promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. |
| The Joseph Rowntree Foundation | one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK, spending about £7 million a year on a research and development programme to better understand the causes of social difficulties and to explore ways of overcoming them. |
| Leicester Shire Online Research Atlas (LSORA) | website holding 500 data sets about Leicester and Leicestershire including economic, health and education data. |
| PSSRU (Personal Social Services Research Unit) | has branches at three UK universities carrying out independent research aimed at improving the equity and efficiency of social and health care. |
| Research in Practice | the largest children and families research implementation project in England and Wales. |
| SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | produces free resources and publications to help people in the social care sector access information on good practice in all areas of social care. |
| Social Services Research Group | an independent network of individuals who are drawn from a wide range of professional groups and organisations sharing a common interest in the work of the caring services providing a range of research information, planning and evaluation in social care and health services |
| Trent Research and Development Support Unit | aims to increase the quality and quantity of health and health related social care research by supporting researchers working in the region |
Page Last Updated: 22 March 2011
