The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss) has been involved in the Improving Use of Evidence Strand of the Vision and Strategy for Social Services in Scotland.
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Finding and using evidence in practice can take time, and yet, is so important to continuous learning and improvement of practice and services. The Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS)
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New research for the Children’s Commissioner for England, by the National Children’s Bureau and Research in Practice, has found recent sources of evidence reflecting the voice of children in care and care
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The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss) have issued a call for inspirational examples of evidence in practice across Scotland’s social services. They would like to capture
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This year has seen the publication of two reports highlighting the fact that dementia disproportionately affects women. (Alzheimer’s Disease International and Women and Dementia: a marginalised majority) Behind these important
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An innovative project looking at how evidence can be used to enrich practice, based on research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) A Better Life programme, has released its findings.
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This new policy paper from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre argues that the NHS has become too dominated by quantitative and medically orientated notions of what constitutes
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This event celebrates the launch of Social Welfare at the British Library, a new free online service offering a single point of access to our vast print and digital collections
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