Research in Practice

Dear all,

New Article: What supports evidence-informed practice in social care?

Earlier this year, Research in Practice conducted a small number of focus groups to hear from professionals in a range of roles about what supports them to use evidence in their practice. 

We heard excellent examples of how professionals at all levels were supported and enabled to use Research in Practice resources to support learning and development.

In this new article, Lorna Trend shares key findings from these conversations, highlighting how the use of research and evidence can have a positive impact on practice with children, young people, families, adults, carers and communities. 

New Workshops: Artificial intelligence-enabled practice in social care

This full-day workshop is designed to:

  • Build practitioner confidence in the safe and ethical use of artificial intelligence across social care;
  • Help practitioners and those supporting practice in using AI tools lawfully and responsibly for case recording and administration;
  • Focus on using AI in ways that align with professional standards, protect individual rights and dignity, and reduce the risks of ungoverned practice.

This workshop is aimed at: Frontline practitioners across Children’s and Adults social care, practice supervisors, practice leaders (including PSWs and service managers) and CPD teams.

Beyond GDP insights, UK measures of National Well-being: June 2026.

Office for National Statistics (ONS); 2026.

Exploring quality of life and progress beyond GDP in the UK, drawing on the 59 national well-being measures. Latest release 8 June 2026.
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Infant feeding survey in England 2024.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.

Results from the 2024 national survey on how mothers in England feed their babies, including breastfeeding rates and use of infant formula and solid foods.
Freely available online

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Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin

from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/

This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.

In this issue:  
 

  • The association between 24‐hr movement patterns and self‐harm incidence in adolescence
  • The Impact of Emotional Arousal on Physical Pain and Numbness in Individuals Who Engage in Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury
  • Investigating Predictors of Differential Trajectories of Suicidal Desire Across an Intensive Longitudinal Design
  • Plus much more

Neighbourhood health: Outcomes, trust and local delivery.

Public Policy Projects; 2026.

Public Policy Projects’ second roundtable on neighbourhood health asked attendees to consider what neighbourhood health should achieve, and how the system will know whether it is working. The discussion pointed towards a broader test of success, such as whether neighbourhood working improves people’s lives in ways they recognise, helps services respond earlier and more effectively, and enables public sector partners to work around communities rather than institutional boundaries.
Freely available online

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Dementia Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

In this issue:

  • Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer’s Disease
  • The proteomic and metabolomic signature of inherited chromosomally integrated HHV‐6 and its role in all‐cause dementia and mortality risk: The UK Biobank study
  • Age of Type 1 Diabetes Onset and Dementia Risk: A Swedish Nationwide, Register‐Based Cohort Study
  • Predictors of Alzheimer’s disease treatment optimism among a nationally representative sample of US older adults
  • Plus much more

Depression & Anxiety Bulletin

Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service

Ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/07/20-july-2026/

In this edition:

  • Psychological safety on mental health wards: more than preventing harm
  • Applying cultural psychiatry to non-pharmacological interventions
  • Reintegration programmes for people with severe mental illnesses released from correctional institutions: systematic review
  • Plus much more

MBRRACE-UK Perinatal mortality surveillance : UK perinatal deaths of babies born in 2024 : State of the nation report.

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP); 2026.

Known as MBRRACE-UK, this outcome review programme’s latest report focuses on UK perinatal deaths of babies born in 2024, finding that rates of baby death continued to decrease in that year.
Freely available online

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NHS England agree major Copilot plan.

UKAuthority; 2026.

NHS England is set to roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and support staff in an effort to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption, streamline administrative delivery, and reduce operational costs.

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