Health resources and services

Transforming care and support

This paper draws together the emerging evidence and insights from much of SCIE’s recent work about transforming health, social care and support.

Preventing loneliness and social isolation: interventions and outcomes

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This research briefing provides a summary of the research knowledge into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of services to prevent social isolation and loneliness. The briefing lists key interventions in three groups: one to one interventions, group services, and wider community engagement. It then discusses the outcomes of interventions in the following areas: social isolation, reducing loneliness, health and wellbeing, health service use, people's views on the interventions, organisational implications, implementing effective interventions, and cost and cost-effective interventions. Existing gaps in the research evidence are also highlighted.

SCIE/NICE recommendations on looked after children: Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people

This is NICE and SCIE’s formal guidance on improving the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people.

SCIE research briefing 33: the contribution of social work and social care to the reduction of health inequalities: four case studies

This briefing argues that support given as social care can help improve health and reduce health disadvantage. Improving access to social care interventions is therefore important to any strategy for reducing health inequality.

SCIE research briefing 19: what is the impact of environmental housing conditions on the health and well-being of children?

SCIE Research briefings

SCIE research briefing 11: the health and well-being of young carers