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Understanding and improving fairness in adult social care needs assessment

Understanding and improving fairness in adult social care needs assessment

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17425859
Enrollment
20
Registered
2026-01-06
Start date
2024-08-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-27

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Conditions

Social care needs assessments Other

Interventions

The empirical data collection in this study falls into two packages of work. The first is a set of 5 Local Authority case studies, where the research team: 1. Undertake desk-based research on social

Sponsors

University of York
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: For Local Authority staff, the inclusion criteria are that: 1. They direct experience of working on or management staff who deliver needs assessments under the Care Act 2014. 2. They remain working in this area at the Local Authority at the time of interview (i.e. they are not drawing on historic, rather than present, experience). For people with social care experience, the inclusion criteria are that they: 1. Are between 18 years of age and 80 years of age. 2. Have had experience of receiving a Care Act 2014 needs assessment, or they are the carer for somebody who has and have indirect experience of the process.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: We will not be interviewing individuals who do not have capacity to consent.

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactJed Meers
jed.meers@york.ac.uk+44 (0)1904 325747

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026