The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) are undertaking a project titled ‘The View From Here’ which aims to understand practitioners’ experiences of delivering care and support
Read More
At IRISS we believe that innovation is not a practice reserved for ‘the creative’ or ‘the experts’ and that people innovate all the time. We focus on how to blend
Read More
A consultation exercise on a Social Work Research Strategy for 2015-2020 has been launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and social workers are being asked for
Read More
A high tech scanner could enable scientists to develop better treatments for dementia and other brain conditions. The new equipment – the first of its kind in Scotland – will
Read More
Professor Cathy Lloyd, from the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, is leading new research into links between diabetes and depression. INTERPRET-DD (the International Prevalence and
Read More
A Northern Irish social work lecturer who completed a PhD on the topic of ‘Resilience and Burnout in Child Protection Social Work’ was one of eight individuals who achieved the
Read More
Researchers are investigating whether a simple eye test could be used to identify the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. A three-year £1.1 million project will look at whether warning signs
Read More
Cancer treatment on the NHS is to get a £6 million boost under new measures announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The investment will be used to fund clinical trials
Read More
This Insight is intended to summarise the evidence in this challenging area of work and to support practitioners to reflect on their practice in this context. An enhanced understanding of
Read More
This is the first time that CHS has commissioned such research and follows a joint survey carried out with the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration in 2012/13, where CHS asked those
Read More
Notifications