Archive of July, 2018

Cordis Pulse: July 2018

July 2018

Adult social care along with the NHS turned 70 in July. With the benefit of hindsight, it is possible to see that many of the challenges we face today over the long-term funding of the service were effectively established with its launch. From the moment when ‘health care’ became a free service and social care chargeable barriers between these activities were effectively established.

In 1948 the average life expectancy for a man was just 66 years, bearing in mind retirement at that time was 65, the long-term funding of social care could hardly have seemed pressing. In the intervening years average life expectancy has vastly extended so that most people even with later formal retirement will expect many years of post-retirement living.

On the one hand It seems particularly ironic that in the year of its 70th birthday a government has again delayed work on how social care is to be funded into the future, but on the other it is actually entirely in line with how all previous governments have approached this issue. Deciding on how a society is to fund its social care appears to be just too difficult for the baby boomer generation and will probably be down to millennials to make the harder decisions that will be needed.

The relationship between family violence and youth offending

July 2018

This rapid evidence assessment provides an introduction to the question of the relationship between family violence and youth offending. It asks three key questions:

1. What evidence exists to support a link between family violence and involvement in youth offending?
2. If a link does exist, are there factors that moderate the relationship between family violence and subsequent involvement in youth offending?
3. What public health interventions are available to prevent offending among children and young people who have experienced family violence?

The research was undertaken on behalf of the LGA in partnership with Chanon Consulting.

Public health approaches to reducing violence

July 2018

This research report provides evidence in relation to the following questions:

1. What is a public health approach to reducing violence?
2. What does a public health approach tell us about violence?
3. Which public health approaches are promising in reducing violence?

The project was undertaken on behalf of the LGA, in partnership with Chanon Consulting.

MEAM Approach evaluation framework

July 2018

MEAM has commissioned Cordis Bright to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the MEAM Approach work.

The evaluation will take place over five years between 2017 and 2022 and involves five core elements. These are:

• Building research capacity in local areas developing work using the MEAM Approach.
• An outcomes evaluation of this work.
• An economic evaluation of this work.
• A process evaluation of this work.
• Comparison to the outcomes and process of the Big Lottery’s Fulfilling Lives areas.

The Evaluation Framework has been published. This can be downloaded below and from the MEAM website.

Cordis Briefing July 2018

July 2018

July's Cordis Briefing covered:

• Role of Technology in Social Care
• Local authority social care budgets: ADASS survey and responses to the NHS “Brexit dividend”.
• NHS and Social Care Integration
• Bespoke research into the financial stability of the charitable social care provider sector

Extracts from the Briefing can be downloaded below. For further information about attending (via subscription) please contact Lucy Asquith on lucyasquith@cordisbright.co.uk.

What works in delivering intermediate care services?

July 2018

As an independent evaluator of seven NHS New Models of Care Vanguard projects, we have been sharing key learnings through our series of integrated health and social care literature reviews. This edition looks at best practice in the delivery of intermediate care services and the key barriers to effective intermediate care delivery.

Evaluation of the MEAM Approach

July 2018

MEAM has commissioned Cordis Bright to conduct a longitudinal evaluation of the MEAM Approach work.

The evaluation will take place over five years between 2017 and 2022 and involves five core elements. These are:

• Building research capacity in local areas developing work using the MEAM Approach.
• An outcomes evaluation of this work.
• An economic evaluation of this work.
• A process evaluation of this work.
• Comparison to the outcomes and process of the Big Lottery’s Fulfilling Lives areas.

The Year 1 (scoping report) has been published and can be downloaded below and from the MEAM website.