Social Care

Ipsos UK, in partnership with the Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University (IPC), was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to conduct an evaluation of the Better Care Fund Support Programme.

Ipsos is pleased to announce its participation in a new research project which will assess the value for money that home care services provide to people receiving care and their families in England.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently published the findings from the first wave of the Adult Social Care (ASC) workforce survey, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with Skills for Care and University of Kent. Laura Dale and Claire Lambert look at the findings about the experience of personal assistants who support people with care and support needs to live more independently.

Findings from a project commissioned by DHSC to understand the state of cyber security in the adult social care sector and its supply chains have been published.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) commissioned Ipsos, the University of Kent and Skills for Care to develop, design and conduct a survey of the adult social care workforce in England to measure work-related quality of life and wellbeing. This research was commissioned and conducted in 2023, but the findings are still relevant and provide insights and evidence to inform policy development to support the adult social care workforce.

Ipsos' latest research for the Department for Education gathered evidence in July/August 2024 in England on childcare use for families with children aged 0–4, 5–11, and 12–14. It also explored views on and experiences of the 2024 childcare entitlements expansion. The sample consisted of a total of 1,200 parents of children aged 0-4, and 800 parents of children aged 5-14.

Ipsos' latest research for the Department for Education gathered evidence in October/November 2023 in England on childcare use for families of 0-4 year-olds, 5-11 year olds and 12-14 year-olds, as well as the Home Learning Environment (0-4 only), and awareness of and views on the expansion of childcare entitlements in 2024. The sample consisted of a total of 1000 parents with children aged 0-4, and 1000 parents with children aged 5-14.

Ipsos and IPC’s evaluation identified a range of examples of good and interesting practice where local authorities used the grant to fund new ways of managing and delivering assessments

In 2023, Ipsos conducted research on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to explore how likely those expected to self-fund any necessary future residential care would be to involve their local authority in arranging the care and the factors influencing their decisions.